Word: stared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...instead of communing with the majestic peaks and flower-studded meadows, I spend my hikes going over all the helpful tips for surviving an Encounter. Look them in the eye? No, that was mountain lions. Bears just hate it when you stare at them, so keep your gaze fixed dreamily on the scenery. Play dead? Let's see, that works for grizzlies but not for black bears. So do you take off the backpack, get out the wildlife guidebook, do a quick taxonomic determination and then play dead...
...wanted to go to the place I drew. While on the phone endlessly calling people for arts internships to put on the World Wide Web, I would stare longingly at my picture and dream...of being a bartender on a Caribbean island...
...cheese, while the others asked for cheeseless. They might as well wear a hat on their head which says: "Just eat it!" It is increasingly uncomfortable for those who tend not to obsess over weight and fat to continue in their bliss, for surrounding them are growing masses who stare, assess and analyze every bit of food that enters the mouth. How unfortunate that while our food is being liberated of its fat, we as a people are being enslaved by fat-freedom...
...meeting," says Mari Will, a longtime associate and Bob Dole's former communications director, "she expects to be better prepared than anyone else there." Mrs. Dole holds others to the same exacting standard. If a staff member is lax, the unlucky individual gets the Look--set jaw, icy stare--and is frozen out. "It usually happens only once," says Will. And heaven forbid, don't call her Liddy--that's only for those who knew her when she was in pigtails. Lesley Stahl got the Look that chills when she made that fatal error on 60 Minutes...
...ride on a shuttle bus to my final destination in Charlestown. The commute can sometimes be unbearable--there is no greater feeling of powerlessness than sitting trapped for 15 minutes inside a motionless subway car between two stations. But the long journey gives me plenty of time to stare off into space, reflect, watch the passersby, even catch up on current affairs by reading over the shoulders of other passengers...