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I held my hand up as high as I could, and he reached down, with a look of amused delight, grabbed my out-stretched hand and shookhis processed-hair head vigorously,as he held me firm, kind of in a happy parody of The Beatles' famous "Ooooo!" head-shake move yes, of course, I had full-blown Beatles hair.
Binky Philips: "National and International Known, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Soul Brother Number One... Jaaaaaaaaaaaames Brown!" Binky Philips 2011
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"Yeah, well, that's not going to last," said defensive end Dave Tollefson, with a half snort, half head-shake.
A Porous Run Defense Is Playing With Fire Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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I held my hand up as high as I could, and he reached down, with a look of amused delight, grabbed my out-stretched hand and shookÂhis processed-hair head vigorously,Âas he held me firm, kind of in a happy parody of The Beatles' famous "Ooooo!" head-shake move yes, of course, I had full-blown Beatles hair.
Binky Philips: "National and International Known, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Soul Brother Number One... Jaaaaaaaaaaaames Brown!" Binky Philips 2011
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They passed without a word, not even a head-shake.
Unheard Kim Hutchinson 2011
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I held my hand up as high as I could, and he reached down, with a look of amused delight, grabbed my out-stretched hand and shookhis processed-hair head vigorously,as he held me firm, kind of in a happy parody of The Beatles' famous "Ooooo!" head-shake move yes, of course, I had full-blown Beatles hair.
Binky Philips: "National and International Known, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Soul Brother Number One... Jaaaaaaaaaaaames Brown!" Binky Philips 2011
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In hindsight, selling high on Streit or the head-shake–inducing Moulson after the month of November would have been a move of sheer genius.
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010–2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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In hindsight, selling high on Streit or the head-shake–inducing Moulson after the month of November would have been a move of sheer genius.
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010–2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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The anger I felt then is long-gone, faded to a head-shake when I think about it these days, and I confess I hadn't thought about it in a while.
Tempests in Teapots - A Lesson from the Silat Wars Steve Perry 2010
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PRECIOUS wins adapted, lots of head-shake crying | Obsessed With Film
PRECIOUS wins adapted, lots of head-shake crying | Obsessed With Film 2010
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If your batteries are low, be prepared to illicit that head-shake and say I can't believe they actually make this crap!
Libraryin': The act of going to the library wendigomountain 2008
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