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A timid-looking man in his early sixties, he had come back to the office with Greg, and had been duly impressed with the lavish setup.
The Shadow of Your Smile MARY HIGGINS CLARK 2010
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A timid-looking man in his early sixties, he had come back to the office with Greg, and had been duly impressed with the lavish setup.
The Shadow of Your Smile MARY HIGGINS CLARK 2010
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"This timid-looking blonde is in fact one of the top five meteorologists in the world, and besides her hurricane research runs a big home in Woods Hole, Mass., does all the cooking for her husband and two sons, and is an expert at most sports," the Associated Press reported in a 1958 profile.
Pioneer Meteorologist Peered Into Storms Stephen Miller 2010
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A timid-looking man in his early sixties, he had come back to the office with Greg, and had been duly impressed with the lavish setup.
The Shadow of Your Smile MARY HIGGINS CLARK 2010
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"This timid-looking blonde is in fact one of the top five meteorologists in the world, and besides her hurricane research runs a big home in Woods Hole, Mass., does all the cooking for her husband and two sons, and is an expert at most sports," the Associated Press reported in a 1958 profile.
Pioneer Meteorologist Peered Into Storms Stephen Miller 2010
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After awhile a timid-looking waitress comes over and says, ‘I think that may be your group in the back room after all.’
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The Resident returned with a good bag of snipe, and with Rajah Odoot, a gentle, timid-looking man, and another Rajah with an uncomfortable, puzzled face, took his place at a table, a policeman with a brace of loaded revolvers standing behind him.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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The chauffeur du jour was a bespectacled, timid-looking man in his fifties.
A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003
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The chauffeur du jour was a bespectacled, timid-looking man in his fifties.
A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003
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The chauffeur du jour was a bespectacled, timid-looking man in his fifties.
A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003
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