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Watch as an innocent-looking squirrel holds forth about hookers, genital warts and stolen refrigerators:
VIDEO: Local News Station Re-Enacts Trial — with Puppets 2012
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It's obvious that the little, innocent-looking robot is using its cuteness to manipulate others into doing the work for it - and then, of course, it gets the credit at the end, not the 20-30 faceless people it duped into doing its navigation for it.
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In late July 1968, a series of innocent-looking brawls between rival street gangs and so-called porro student groups sparked an unprecedented popular movement for government reform—a movement that was ultimately defeated by the government with fatal force.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Jane favored her father with what she hoped was her most innocent-looking smile.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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All the way down to the organization and policing of innocent-looking street vendors.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Kenton fingers the fine stitching on one of the pieces, a scrap of innocent-looking pink ribbons and lace – with no wires – that would truss only the daintiest of frames.
From corsets for comedians to bespoke bras: Rigby & Peller has seen it all 2011
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You might also get an innocent-looking malicious link if someone you know has had their Facebook, Twitter, or instant messenger account compromised.
Safe and Savvy » Blog Archive Vampires on the threshold « 2010
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What they do is arrange things in the room before you arrive—the specially marked deck of cards, the innocent-looking table draped with long black velvet, the mirror, the hat and gloves, the secret compartment—and then act as if you and they have just arrived at this place at the same time, as if nothing has been prepared.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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The ad featured menacing men with flashlights walking along a chain-link fence beside images of innocent-looking families and working people.
Sharron Angle Mailer: Calls Harry Reid An 'Illegal Alien's Best Friend', Shows Him Holding Mexico In His Hand The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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You might also get an innocent-looking malicious link if someone you know has had their Facebook, Twitter, or instant messenger account compromised.
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