He is the Cheshire cat whose grin never fades, a brilliant televisual politician whose ready wit unerringly turns his opponents' strength against them.

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Meanwhile, back at the Cheshire Cat boutique, the Comstocks are hard pressed to name all of the tax forms they have to file.

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Yet the nuclear test it conducted on Monday has the Israeli defense establishment up in arms and its Iranian nemesis smiling like the Cheshire Cat.

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From billboards across Colombo the president beams like the Cheshire Cat.

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If we just string all the information that we have on a knowledge management tool, we will have to be contended with an enigmatic Cheshire Cat of our own.

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Soothing niceties from Cheshire-cat politicians no longer reassure bond markets Scotland would pay a premium for being part of a monetary union that could break.

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