Word: stare
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During the openings credits, the audience experiences sensory overload. Preminger forces them to stare for several minutes at a portrait of Gene Tierney, from whose eyes David Raksin's legendary theme music seems to emanate...
EVERYONE LIKED RAYMOND LOUzoum. Children would stop to stare at the marionettes in the window of his optical shop in downtown Algiers. With his fair hair and blue eyes, the tall, garrulous Tunisian Jew was often mistaken for a Frenchman. During 30 years in the city, Louzoum even played the role of a French colonel in an Algerian film on the war of independence. But in a city where foreigners are now targeted for death by Islamic militants, few people were surprised when a young man walked into Louzoum's shop in broad daylight last week and shot him dead...
...suicide. My main concern was that I would not make the New York Times obituary page." He consulted a Dr. Morse in 1962: "What made him unique among psychiatrists I have known is that he stretched out on his couch and the patient sat in the chair. Morse would stare at the ceiling as he listened to my story. Occasionally, he would nod his head." Morse asked Buchwald: "Have you forgiven your father for putting you in all those homes?" Buchwald: "Of course. He couldn't help it." Pause. "Okay, so maybe I was mad once in a while...
Most importantly, when I'm sitting in my room, discovering a new enzyme or composing my fifth symphony (you know us Harvard students), please don't come by and stare through the window. Trust me, it's probably not that interesting...
...want to have to prevent you from visiting. Believe me, these potential limitations would be an inconvenience for me too. Besides, it's lovely to have guests. It's always a pleasure to have groups of people stare at you and ooh and aah as you walk...