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His nose wrinkles and he permits himself half a sniff.
For now, he permits himself one small luxury.
That said, the best parts of Ansari's standup specials are when he permits himself some cruelty.
In his least measured moments, he permits himself to dream of a world transformed.
In the same cause he permits himself "the occasional cliché and idiom of popular culture," said to reflect Job's "satiric use of officialese".
(Occasionally, he permits himself a palm-covered Tommy Bahama shirt, a taste he attributes to watching too much "Magnum, P.I". as a kid).
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This night, his leg hurting to the bone, he permitted himself a request.
After taking in the Court's majestic quarters on a trip to Washington, he permitted himself True Awe, however fleeting.
Immigration, too, was something on which he permitted himself a campaigning as well as an analytical stance.
He permitted himself to plant beans, but cautiously, calling it "a rare amusement, which, continued too long, might have become a dissipation".
Smart, literate and incurably honest, Garner was a byword in his profession for authenticity, but he permitted himself that one small bogus moment.
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