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An adorable but clearly sad little boy peeks out from his mother's embrace, followed by a fairly typical shot of a shirt-sleeved Fimian reassuring us he'll fix the economy (and probably make that kid, and every other kid in the world, smile.).
Connolly and Fimian: The art of ads hominem Paige Winfield Cunningham 2010
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The morning practice was not open to the public, but a shirt-sleeved crowd of about 200 was in the stands for the later session.
Men in headdresses at Redskins training camp Dan Steinberg 2011
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He is a modest shirt-sleeved fiftyish guy who says dramatic things in an offhand undramatic manner and is frank about his hesitancy, uncertainty, and agony on certain matters.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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He is a modest shirt-sleeved fiftyish guy who says dramatic things in an offhand undramatic manner and is frank about his hesitancy, uncertainty, and agony on certain matters.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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“This was a shirt-sleeved, live-action experience, which he credited as formative to his entire career.”
Holbrooke's Vietnam boss recalls a 'tough' young man Jeff Stein 2010
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Grandfatherly and shirt-sleeved David Ben Gurion was the first prime minister.
Phil Bronstein: How Is Obama Like Israel? It's All in the Expectations... 2009
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"I don't want to sound business-schooly," Mr. Wood says, shirt-sleeved but in a perfectly knotted tie, his blue suit jacket draped on a chair in his office a few steps away.
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Yet, to his pleasant surprise, thousands of cheering Dallas residents — shirt-sleeved in the 76-degree warmth — lined his route ten and twelve deep, with barely a hostile placard in sight.
The Day Kennedy Died 2009
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In off-camera chitchat with the shirt-sleeved lawmakers, Bush takes note of Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel's deep tan, prompting the 46-year-old Emanuel to boast about the miles of swimming and biking in his triathlon training schedule.
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Even Sasha asking the shirt-sleeved candidate "where are you today, daddy," reminded us of JFK and the Kennedy clan.
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