Mr. Tsarnaev was outgoing and jocular, Mr. Todashev serious and reserved, Mr. Trites said.

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The work closes with an outrageous bassoon solo, as free and jocular as anything in the repertoire.

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He ended his sometimes somber, sometimes jocular remarks with what he said was his message for God.

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He ended his sometimes somber, sometimes jocular remarks at the Holy Thursday Mass with what he said was his message for God.

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Billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in a jocular mood this morning when he visited Dartmouth College in rural Hanover, New Hampshire.

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Brian Johnston transferred his skills from television to radio in 1970 and was the catalyst for an upsurge in the popularity of the programme, his jocular style brilliantly complementing the descriptive Arlott.

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He also has an easy, jocular confidence.

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And indeed his defenders say that in Italian business circles it can be perfectly normal to set a jocular and relaxed tone before a difficult meeting, by discussing last night's football, or even teasing your colleagues about their love lives.

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