In his nineteenth-floor office on this cold, blustery Monday, Bernie Madoff starts going through the motions.
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They were demanding regulatory changes, and Congress and the regulators were going through the motions.
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No one's heart seems to be in it, they're just going through the motions.
Have they anything new to say to us, or are they simply going through the motions?
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Everybody was going in different directions and going through the motions without any real motivation or understanding.
Kevin Spacey gives an Oscar-caliber performance as Lester Burnham, a man only going through the motions of living.
And yet, there was a tangible sense that everyone in the pavilion in Bulawayo was going through the motions.
After the protest, campaigner Ffred Ffransis accused the council of "going through the motions" in offering the school building to the community.
"It was all about just going through the motions and getting the process of making a comeback, getting that started, " Hamlin said.
Right now, what I see, is a guy, going through the motions, put in his 60 minutes, get done, shower, hit the road.
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So the candidates and their supporters are going through the motions partly because the election has given them little of substance to get to grips with.
After scrutinising the details, Northrop and EADS came to the conclusion it was no longer worth their while going through the motions of submitting a formal bid.
They clearly fancy a diplomatic endgame that will have the UN's chief sleuth, Hans Blix, going through the motions of inspection over at least the next six-months.
So great is the tension that Newsnight has heard from Treasury sources that there are many people planning for the CSR who feel they are going through the motions.
It was a rare moment of levity for the travelling fans, though, with their team - undoubtedly missing the ineligible Jamie O'Hara - all too often going through the motions without the necessary application.
It was going through the motions of dancing.
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It's as if the brilliant imposter Mr. DiCaprio played in "Catch Me if You Can" had somehow snagged this part and was going through the motions cleverly, even though the full range of the hero's emotions was beyond him.
We're not going to go through the motions and pay tribute to one another, and then furl up the flags and go our separate ways.
Post-trial motions will probably keep going through most of the summer.
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