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The stations, in turn, have a monopoly on the broadcast spectrum, which we -- the owners of the spectrum -- license to them in exchange for zero dollars, plus their straight-faced promise to serve the public interest.

Marty Kaplan: Occupy K Street Marty Kaplan 2011

The stations, in turn, have a monopoly on the broadcast spectrum, which we -- the owners of the spectrum -- license to them in exchange for zero dollars, plus their straight-faced promise to serve the public interest.

Marty Kaplan: Occupy K Street Marty Kaplan 2011

How is it then that Hulse can write a straight-faced memo about the GOP's desire to bring fiscal sanity to the country without so much as hinting that there are reasons to doubt the party's integrity on these issues?

Jonathan Weiler: New York Times Acts as Press Secretary for House GOP Freshmen in Deficit Fight Jonathan Weiler 2011

As Du Champ's mockery of the idea of selling Parisian air but done with a straight face to accent effect and Chief Seattle's sober and straight-faced, woeful delivery about the Anglo's deep-seated confusion about the relationships between man and Nature, as our current world situation regarding Japan and beyond bears out, we are ultimately faced with the idea "Is everything a commodity for sale, even the air?"

Mitchell J. Rabin: Rachel Sequoia Branches Out to Invite us to Share the Air, for a Fee Mitchell J. Rabin 2011

By the mid-1960s, straight-faced Westerns seemed clichéd.

Hollywood Frontiers: Outer Space and the Wild West Don Steinberg 2011

Whatever Borg repressed in all those years of straight-faced, emotionless tennis, he's thrown on these wildly-patterned, sunglass-requiring briefs.

A Rivalry Renewed—Over Drinks Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

Politics being politics, none of that history stopped Mr. Obama from suggesting, straight-faced, that Mr. Emanuel and Mr. Dean had worked together in 2006, as he offered his tribute to the outgoing chairman.

Dean Absent as Obama Introduces His Pick for D.N.C. Chairman - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

Not one to put all my eggs in one proverbial basket, I always keep my American passport, along with credit cards and my American bank card in another location – however, my Azeri bank card, along with my Azeri passport, about 30 manat ($45) and 4 straight-faced passport photos of me were in there.

Archive 2009-02-01 Jenni's life at the moment 2009

Politics being politics, none of that history stopped Mr. Obama from suggesting, straight-faced, that Mr. Emanuel and Mr. Dean had worked together in 2006, as he offered his tribute to the outgoing chairman.

Dean Absent as Obama Introduces His Pick for D.N.C. Chairman - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

As Du Champ's mockery of the idea of selling Parisian air but done with a straight face to accent effect and Chief Seattle's sober and straight-faced, woeful delivery about the Anglo's deep-seated confusion about the relationships between man and Nature, as our current world situation regarding Japan and beyond bears out, we are ultimately faced with the idea "Is everything a commodity for sale, even the air?"

Mitchell J. Rabin: Rachel Sequoia Branches Out to Invite us to Share the Air, for a Fee Mitchell J. Rabin 2011