Word: raptness
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Scalia held the rapt attention of the jam-packed John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night, although some students and faculty said they were put off by his conservative judicial philosophy...
Denune explains that he watched the most complex juggling sequences with a mixture of rapt attention and fear that at any moment, a ball could fall from orbit...
...couple of easy questions like "What's four plus three?" and "Do you like to draw?", he finally got his audience warmed up and eased them on to the heavier topic of truth, lies and secrets. "When is it not better to tell the truth?" Phillips asked his now rapt audience. "When is it good to lie?" Mariela, 10, who has severe asthma, replied, "When you're trying to help somebody escape from something like slavery...
...somber black pantsuits, the weak but polite smile she managed for news cameras, the strain that only occasionally surfaced on her heavily made-up face. When Faneuil finally appeared, a jolt of excitement was palpable in the courthouse. He proved such an engaging witness that he kept the room rapt. By the time defense attorneys got to cross-examine Faneuil on Wednesday, they badly needed to undermine his credibility...
...remember the museums of my youth. They were always filled with rapt people and a contemplative silence. A silence so intense, in fact, that once I avoided sitting down on a couch in the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) to avoid the noise the cushion would make...