Word: blanke
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...almost instinctive -- you see an adorable baby, and you start to coo, smile or make a face to elicit some kind of response. But even if you get a blank stare back, rest assured that the tyke is processing every change in the shape and rhythm of your mouth and face. Researchers, led by Whitney Weikum at the University of British Columbia, found that infants under 8 months old may rely on such visual cues to learn language, even using variations in facial expressions to distinguish one language from another...
...actively worked to embrace the proposals of the Iraq Study Group and has proposed a comprehensive plan, which sets benchmarks for Iraq’s progress, encourages outreach to Iraq’s neighbors for help, and establishes oversight to correct the mistake of giving the President a blank check for an unplanned...
...hope. The dwindling dream of a successful general education still lies entirely in its implementation, which is in the hands of the new Standing Committee on general education. Although this will allow the system to stray from its original purpose in the long run, the committee’s blank check will empower them to make substantial changes in implementing the new system...
...Several hours later, Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, then the top officer in Iraq in charge of detention, encountered Pappas. "His face was completely drawn, no expression, blank, ashen color. He said in a very flat voice 'They killed my driver, the guy never did anything wrong,'" Karpinski told TIME. "He was in total shock. It wasn't anger, it was beyond anger - he just looked lost, he didn't know what...
...What he said was hurtful: the difference between those words coming out of a rapper's mouth and his mouth is that when a rapper says them, they are not racial. If I walk up to a black man on the street and say "nigger" with a blank expression, nine times out of 10 he would hug me. That is a fact...