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  • Wearing a serious expression, Mr. Iwata looked into the inward-facing lens, then captured Mr. Miyamoto's smiling face with the other.

    Odd Couple Behind Nintendo 3-D Push Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

  • On the face of it, we're talking about the use of those inward-facing seats near the center doors.

    Where riders stand on Metro seating Robert Thomson 2011

  • But I still prefer those inward-facing seats and wish there were more, for those who don't need them but do prefer them.

    Where riders stand on Metro seating Robert Thomson 2011

  • The amount of time spent negotiating with each other has made the coalition inward-facing when it needs to be much more public-facing.

    The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley 2011

  • One explanation for people sitting in the inward-facing seats that I have not seen in your column is that those of us who tend to have motion sickness do better in the middle of the car facing inward so we don't have the passing scenery in our peripheral vision.

    Where riders stand on Metro seating Robert Thomson 2011

  • Years ago, before Metrorail came to my area, I would sit in the inward-facing seats on Metrobuses, for the sake of ease of entrance and exit.

    Where riders stand on Metro seating Robert Thomson 2011

  • Look at your fingernails: did you just stretch out all five fingers, palm out, or did you fold your fingers down over your inward-facing palm?

    The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010

  • One of the chief inward-facing tasks of the new SecState is to rebuild and retool the Foreign Service -- remember, the US has more military band members than diplomats -- while taking a hard look at the mechanisms of force projection.

    Team of Rivals - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • Look at your fingernails: did you just stretch out all five fingers, palm out, or did you fold your fingers down over your inward-facing palm?

    The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010

  • Following his hurried instructions, I wrenched the spade off the cultivator and replaced it with a pair of discs, set on an inward-facing V, to push the loose soil over the potatoes in their trench.

    The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

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