Richard Latham QC, prosecuting, told the court that Mr Philpott controlled his wife and used sweet talk, demands and tantrums to get his own way.

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Other African countries need to keep an eye on the telecoms development in Nigeria so they do not fall prey to the sweet talk on new technology.

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The tricky Robosapien folks chose not to display some of their hottest bots at CES Unveiled -- probably because they won't be released in the US for the forseeable future -- but we managed to sweet talk them into hooking us up with some images and a few deets about this unannounced swag.

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Another opinion worth mentioning is that Obama was using sweet-talk because he knows he can't win militarily.

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And I mean, you're so sweet to talk about how I was touted as someone who was going to a big superstar.

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He knew how the business worked and, as handsome as the Bollywood idols he sometimes cast in his pictures, he could sweet-talk a budget out of the hardest financial hearts.

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And with a more trusted and cable-savvy management, the broadband part should also soon get into its stride and be in a stronger position to sweet-talk other operators into opening their networks for cable telephony.

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For Noah, talk of the Icee game triggered a craving for the sweet, fizzy, frozen drink.

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In the sweet spot he's sitting in right now, Mittal has no ostensible reason to talk tough.

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When you talk about kids eating too much sugar, the usual suspects come to mind: breakfast cereals, sweet snacks, desserts, and candy.

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