All such disputes stir up intense nationalist feelings around the region, which makes it difficult for diplomats to settle matters placidly.

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But he doesn't look for the market to placidly resume its rise.

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Children who learned at grandpa's knee that the hyena is an evil, snarling beast that haunts the night are sometimes perplexed to see real hyenas placidly sunbathing.

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His most famous is a version of Super Mario Bros. in which all graphics have been deleted except for the eight-bit renderings of clouds, which placidly pass across a blue background in endless repetition.

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India is not misbehaving, says Mr Verghese placidly.

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He examined the screen door at the top, then, after knocking politely a few times without receiving a response, he finally redirected his eyes and discovered the man of the house vegetating placidly in his hammock, surrounded by large potted flowers and planters of ferns, in the corner of the grape arbor.

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