But those who knew him personally describe him as a laid-back Californian with a playful side.
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It has a playful look, as if it were built out of children's building blocks.
The crowd of 400 students brought a playful side out of Joel, who was lively with the students.
But the combined effect of all this stuff is faint indeed, a playful obliqueness that seems somewhat pointless.
Ismaila starts to smile, and soon he is playing with his brothers: He gives his cousin a playful thump.
As did images meaningful to the eastern consciousness like the fruit on a playful watch at Van Cleef, for example.
In a playful response, a senior US government official said the Obama administration "does not support blowing up planets".
She is equipped with a camera so that the researchers witness the transformation from a playful seal to a speeding torpedo.
They now have mandatory playdough playtime during strategy meetings, to help stimulate their brains and keep everyone in a playful, creative mindset.
Dad has a playful side to him, but when he's in parent mode he can sound as proper as a 1950s sitcom dad.
Oye seems like a playful wanderer, while Boe, who boasts an advanced psychology degree, possesses the reserved temperament of a tired young father.
While the first felines of the 1950s were ferocious, with yellow eyes and sharp claws, by the 1960s they had a playful, cublike look.
Suarez, who speaks little English, defended himself, claiming he used the Spanish word "negro" in a playful way and disputing the account provided by Evra.
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He was mischievous and musical, a playful, seductive, much indulged youth.
John Malkovich frolics to the music of Mozart in "The Giacomo Variations, " a playful, frothy production which was envisioned as "a chamber opera play" by its creators.
We then flash to the past, where Superman and Lois Lane share a playful encounter and we quickly learn why Superman may have gone a little nutso.
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And in 1971 it unanimously passed a motion honouring the Boston Strangler, which a playful member had sponsored to demonstrate that his colleagues passed bills without reading them.
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This article allowed me to explore a number of different issues in a playful way, which is important when you teach tax law, a subject many would rather avoid.
At Sealed Air's headquarters--a cheerless industrial park hard by Interstate 80 in Saddle Brook, New Jersey--Chief William Hickey sits in a conference room with a playful grin spread across his face.
Hopefully this good karma will spread through Sony, and also through the smartphone world, because the rise of new operating systems such as Firefox OS almost demands a playful nature from handset manufacturers.
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La Vitrine, a cultural information and last minute ticket booth, currently has a playful interactive light and video installation by Moment Factory, that will move to a new building, scheduled to open this autumn.
Similarly, although some businesses do benefit from a playful environment where workers feel comfortable spending a lot of time, Surrena says it's wise to help employees maintain boundaries between their work and personal life.
The E-Major Sonata is a playful story told in five inspired movements, in which the composer seems to combine the learned wit of the Sonata da chiesa with the more relaxed entertainment of the Sonata da camera.
The rake of the auditorium seating is just as generous, and the stained-plywood walls cut into loosely rearranged jigsaw pieces shade pleasantly from honey hues at the back to dark mahogany at the stage's edge, a playful spatial echo of the houselights dimming.
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In a more playful spirit, Tom Rees created a car out of Lego that is controlled using the console from a gaming system.
Apple took a more playful approach to the idea of personal computing, and it paid off in a river of gold.
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The city has its own rhythm, which takes a little while to hear: it is a complex but playful raga, a gliding, light-footed dance that all of Mumbai seems to know.
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