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Mrs. Clarke’s tone was reassuring, but she had a businesslike look about her, for there was much to be done.

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For a later scene when Man-soo is strolling, businesslike, toward his first attempted murder, Lee improvised a spastic callback to the earlier snake moment.

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“She wasn’t being egotistical. It was very businesslike, a moment of power, and I was like, ‘I want to have that power.’”

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The senior Ukrainian source told AFP that the tone of rhetoric between the White House and Kyiv was now "very businesslike."

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“He’s businesslike and focused, and very serious about what he does,” said Mike Van Winkle, a spokesman for the California Department of Justice.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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