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When he came to the line about sex, Mr. Tourbin could barely suppress a laugh, but when he finished the song by declaring his desire to come sailing home, his voice gently cracked, his eyes glistened with tears, Ms. Olivera gazed at him intently, and the audience exploded with pent-up relief and applause.

Its plastic qualities are seen to advantage everywhere here: in a large figure of the Buddha's disciple Kasyapa, depicted as a beak-nosed foreigner; in the forms of two gleefully swaying little bodhisattvas who look as if they can barely suppress a laugh; and in the tiny figure of a Buddhist angel, flying in a steamlined cloud of drapery over a gallery door.

"It looks like Don, Jr., might not be needing his room for quite some time," he said, barely suppressing a grin.

"The baby was born at 4 24 pm", she said, barely suppressing a shell-shocked twitch, "which we found out via email and also by email".

"It looks like Don, Jr., might not be needing his room for quite some time," Eric Trump said, barely suppressing a grin.

Myat Min had a hard time suppressing a laugh.

-- from a window: one is in stitches; the other seems to be suppressing a laugh as she leans on the sill, which is also the frame.

It's normal now," he says, suppressing a laugh.

"Well now, I think we have enough images," the handsome technician said, suppressing a laugh.

Salazar could barely suppress a grin.

We're doing music from films". She barely suppresses a smile, referring to an upcoming pops concert with the PSO.

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