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Wide-eyed and solemn-faced, he comes from an educated family, but doesn't realize, at least at first, that the shipping container in which he's been hidden sits on a dock on the French side of the English Channel, rather than in London, where his mother awaits him.
'Margin Call': Thrills, Chills of Financial Ills Joe Morgenstern 2011
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As we passed them I could not help noticing how solemn-faced they were.
Chapter 13 2010
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Now all the town needs is lots of money, says Nobutaka Azumi, 66, the solemn-faced mayor, after Onagawa became one of Japan's first communities to set out a recovery path from the devastating tsunami that killed more than 800 people here and 20,000 nationwide.
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She sat solemn-faced while speaker after speaker introduced her and spoke of the importance of her memoir.
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Most touching of all was solemn-faced twelve-year-old Harry, who seemed small and vulnerable as he tried to keep up with the long strides of the towering Windsor menfolk.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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Most touching of all was solemn-faced twelve-year-old Harry, who seemed small and vulnerable as he tried to keep up with the long strides of the towering Windsor menfolk.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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Now all the town needs is lots of money, says Nobutaka Azumi, 66, the solemn-faced mayor, after Onagawa became one of Japan's first communities to set out a recovery path from the devastating tsunami that killed more than 800 people here and 20,000 nationwide.
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She sat solemn-faced while speaker after speaker introduced her and spoke of the importance of her memoir.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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Water poured from all sides of an enormous green basin, creating a curtain around an elevated base surrounded by graceful swans and solemn-faced cherubs.
Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010
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With Bobby Kennedy on one side and Clint Hill on the other, the solemn-faced Mrs. Kennedy stood and watched with grace.
The Kennedy Detail Gerald Blaine 2010
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