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But a television presenter declared -- half-joking, half-serious -- that "there will be no 'honey nor caramels' at the event this weekend... because they're bad for your teeth," in a clear reference to the likelihood of presenting the controversial rhythm with its direct sexual allusions.

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He seems, persuasively, to be presenting himself as art's half-serious cultural alchemist.

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Despite the loss of more than 500 English council seats, 13 Scottish parliament seats and one in the Welsh assembly, there is no sign of any half-serious move against Clegg's leadership.

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Although, I suppose in some twisted way it's appropriate that I half-seriously nit-picked your half-serious nit-pick.

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I have given half-serious thought to nominating Vaclav Havel for his achievements in promoting human rights (for which he spent many years in prison under the communists), inspiring the peaceful “Velvet Revolution,” and presiding over the “Velvet Divorce” between Slovakia and the Czech Republic (which could have been a more dangerous situation without his efforts).

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“I'm hip,” he replies in his half-mocking, half-serious street parlance.

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But a television presenter declared -- half-joking, half-serious -- that "there will be no 'honey nor caramels' at the event this weekend... because they're bad for your teeth," in a clear reference to the likelihood of presenting the controversial rhythm with its direct sexual allusions.

Yoani Sanchez: Cuba's Communist Party Worries About Our Tastes in Music Yoani Sanchez 2011

The plot may not be very original but it's fun and the half-serious, witty dialog at times resembles Whedon's.

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But a television presenter declared -- half-joking, half-serious -- that "there will be no 'honey nor caramels' at the event this weekend... because they're bad for your teeth," in a clear reference to the likelihood of presenting the controversial rhythm with its direct sexual allusions.

Yoani Sanchez: Cuba's Communist Party Worries About Our Tastes in Music Yoani Sanchez 2011

Yes, I am more than half-serious in this suggestion — time for TEApeat Thriller dances to be staged ….

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