But his big ears and resourcefulness also serve him well in more open, less-structured improvised settings.
He was friendly and gangly, and had big ears, and smoked, and never stopped talking, and typed with two fingers.
Disney's dinosaurs are just Dumbos with long necks instead of big ears.
Throughout, as Sir Georg listened, his bald head with its big ears would swivel from side to side in metronomic time to the music.
Children's favourite Noddy is moving into the electronic age - with the release of a new CD-Rom bringing him and Big Ears to life on computer screens.
His big ears, barrel chest, striking blue eyes and helmet of seemingly electrified hair jet black at first and ultimately snow white made him instantly recognizable, a celebrity long before most authors were lured out into the limelight.
With each falling hank of hair, more and more of the disastrous lineaments of my previous self emerged, until, big naked ears and all, staring back at me was the missing link to Howard Wakefield.
"We don't have these big old floppy ears up here, " Mr. Johnson said.
Honestly, this is no big deal with lightweight in-ears, but many audiophiles prefer cans with open-backs or higher impedances, which respond best to an abundance of energy from the source device.
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Who can resist those big puppy-dog eyes, floppy ears and fluffy tail?
Most curious, to non-American ears, is another complaint: that the big universities are simply too big and too rich.
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