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Dan Quayle demurred typographically, writing "I have ordered my staff to never--EVER--utter the words 'compassionate conservative!
Astronomers demurred, comparing the visual effect to the difference between a 100-watt and a 107-watt light bulb: "Statistically, it's a neat thing, but visually it's a dud."
Will demurred when Larry King asked him about the commissioner's job last week, and he gave me spin when I asked: He still likes writing his column, he says, and "it's presumptuous to talk about accepting something that has not been offered."
Purists demurred, acting out their predictable roles in the holiday drama.
(!) As I silently looked up at her, she demurred.