Nuclear spokespeople in every other country will then spout owlish and well-financed explanations of why it cannot happen to them.

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Other money managers, longs and shorts alike, discuss stocks with owlish aplomb.

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This is why it was no surprise to find ourselves seated next to the affable and slightly owlish Didier Ludot on a balmy summer night.

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At seventy, he has owlish eyes, a flared Hungarian nose, and a tendency to gesture broadly with the flat palms of his hands.

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The owlish, black-turbaned cleric already controls important institutions such as the state broadcasting monopoly, hugely wealthy religious charities, the Basij, a paramilitary volunteer force with millions of members, and the Revolutionary Guards, the shadowy, disciplined and well-funded elite corps that runs parallel not only to the national army and intelligence services, but dozens of large companies.

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