Word: staring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...story of an old woman obsessed by hate, a mad bull stands surrogate for divine vengeance-or perhaps for divine love? "The black, heavy shadow tossed its head several times and then bounded forward. Mrs. May remained perfectly still, not in fright, but in a freezing unbelief. She stared at the violent black streak bounding toward her as if she could not decide what his intention was, and the bull had buried his head in her lap, like a wild, tormented lover, before her expression changed. One of his horns sank until it pierced her heart, and the other curved...
...beginning of La Lecon, the pupil is admitted to the professor's study. She has ribbons in her hair, a vacuous stare, chewing gum, a copy of Elle, and a youthful, overpowering spontaneity. Her new tutor enters: striped necktie, fuzzy bead, stiff-bearing, and a fixed gaze which could be either intense or myopic. The lesson begins...
...mirage? There in the sand-blown, baking desert near Colton, Calif., it looked as though people were splashing and slaloming around on water skis without a motorboat to tow them. But when some 8,000 people drove up to stop and stare one day last week, they saw that it was really happening...
...night last week Carol Lynley, Jane Fonda, Jill St. John and Jill Haworth shimmered and bobbed beautifully on the tight little dance floor, while Anthony Quinn, Dean Martin, George Hamilton and Eddie Fisher gave the girls something to stare at. On the night of the Academy Awards, two-thirds of the winners showed up afterward to gawk and talk...
...makes it unhealthy, if no less popular, to commit such "crimes against honor" as rubbing the nose (questioning ancestry), tugging at the ear (questioning male virility) or fondling the back of the ear (alluding to pederasty). It is even illegal to stare suggestively at a pretty girl, though every self-respecting Italian male does it. On the other hand, there is one splendid defense: not intentionally getting caught in the act. A silent insult made behind a victim's back may be ruled unintentional, even if it is seen reflected in a mirror or a window...