Word: staring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Made-up eyes stare away from each other over superficial sights in the general emptiness. They're wearing lapel pins that say "unique." The starry-eyed press agent is admiring Peter from afar and stalking him with a Nikon. "This is a really big one for him," she said, "he's coming back to his home...
...bell sounds. Dan and Shawn, all 90 Ibs. of them, start flailing at each other's heads. Dan lands a roundhouse right, and Shawn is dazed; his blank blue-eyed stare suddenly brings a hush over the audience. But after a second the boy regains his senses and goes on the attack. He lands a right jab squarely on Dan's nose; Dan reels and then stands perfectly still. In a moment, his face contorts in pain, fear, shock or whatever else a child feels when he's clunked hard. As the tears begin pouring, his father...
...those kids stare at artists like Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Nick Lowe and Blondie, and at least they can tell that these groups have as little to do with the Sex Pistols as the Beatles had to do with the Partridge Family. These artists have almost nothing in common among themselves, though, except vitality, inspiration, and devotion to the short rock song...
Four days later, the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life (CHUL) convenes for the first time this year around a huge, finely-crafted wooden table in University Hall's historic Faculty Room. Former presidents and deans stare steadfastly from their places on the wall...
...MacMahon, Walcott Professor of Environmental Psychology; Dade W. Moeller, professor of Engineering Environmental Health and associate director, Kresge Center for Environmental Health; Roger L. Nichols, Heinz Professor of Microbiology and associate director, Center for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases; Hilton A. Salhanick, Hisaw Professor of Reproductive Physiology; Frederick J. Stare, professor of Nutrition; Thomas H. Weller, Strong Professor of Tropical Public Health and director, Center for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases; John B. Wyon, senior lecturer on Population Studies; and Alonzo S. Yerby, professor of Health Services Administration...