Word: stares
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...future students as young as six weeks old before heading to work in their Land Rovers and Cherokees, the walls are festooned with posters boosting the values of good character. This month's value is Helpfulness. So as the caregivers diaper and burp their gurgling little charges, the infants stare up at a sign that reads THE SEEDS OF HELPFULNESS BLOOM EARLY...
Despite such efforts to create a comforting environment, a trip to the supermarket or McDonald's can be fraught with insensitive public behavior. People stare, children taunt, strangers ask rude questions. To be constantly asked, "Are you just the baby-sitter?" or "Do they look like their father?" can be trying, say those who have endured such questioning. "Some days I want to scream out...'Leave us alone. My life is none of your business!'" rages Chicago drama teacher Jennifer Viets in The Coffee Man and the Milk Maid, a monologue about being the white mother of three biracial children...
...PEOPLE CONTINUES to round the corner looking for the end of the line. The rain has gathered intensity. We are positioned outside the window of the Celebrity Deli. Inside the darkened window a Mexican gentlemen sweeps the floor. Cured meats hang from hooks. Pickled vegetables float in jars. We stare forlornly at the warm, empty booths...
...passing cars have started to take notice of the crowds and many slow down to stare, others actually ask what's up, and others just heckle. A delivery van stops at the light, and its door slides open...
...baby. That's a problem." Boogie takes a moment to think. He takes his women under his arm. We stare at him pleadingly. He whispers something to the ladies and disappears. Whatever scheme has been hatched, we are clearly not going to be the beneficiaries. A few minutes later, Boogie returns and fetches his friends. We watch as he ushers them past the checkpoint. Bastard...