You know, their faces are all serene, and the photo is supposed to capture something about the miracle of life or the intimacy of marriage or something.

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But like a moto magician, Sopheng turned the handlebars this way and that, minutely steering a course between puddles, somehow avoiding the slickest spots that would have sent us flying, gunning the engine moments before we got stuck, fording fathomless puddles when that was the only way, and all with a serene smile.

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She did not in fact betray very much at all other than a serene confidence and a puckish wit.

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All was calm and serene when suddenly the car tried to kill me, sending itself into a wild 180-degree spin, which miraculously hit nothing.

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Meantime, a unique characteristic of this GL, practically worth the price of admission all its own, is its serene, even ceremonial, quiet.

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Yet it had a serene tranquility which both Brown and Johnson appear to relate to, a reflective side in opposition to all the energy playing elsewhere.

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