Word: stares
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thinking, not even my own family. I go alone." He says that the long months he spent in prison under British rule turned him into a meditative man; his family tells that even as a boy he used to climb onto the straw roof of their village home and stare for hours at the stars...
When she is thwarted, Ray's mouth clenches as stubbornly as John Bull's, the engaging twinkle vanishes from her amber eyes, and she lasers her opponent with a lethal stare. Says one of the state's top Democrats: "She's unwilling to forgive and forget, and that's one of the cardinal rules of politics...
Desmond Morris, British zoologist and author of the new book Manwatching, a Field Guide to Human Behavior: "People will walk by an old man sitting on a park bench, but stare intently at a painter's portrait of an old man sitting on a park bench because it has the visual authority of a frame around it. To me, looking at people can be as fascinating as looking at a great work...
...there you have it. No need to read the rest of the magazine. No need to go out anywhere and spend money. Just let the economy stagnate while you stay at home. Just let your body decay while you lie on your couch and stare transmogrified into the set. Just watch TV and read this scintillating column. What more could you want from life? Megalomaniacally yours...
...time the field of twelve horses paraded to the post, rain was falling steadily. So it was understandable that many fans had started to drift toward the exits. But something happened during the ninth race on Sept. 23 that stopped the exodus and sent horseplayers back to stare at the tote board with envious wonderment. After leading most of the way, a 57-to-1 long-shot Uruguayan import named Lebón had breezed easily to a four-length win-and returned $116 for every $2 laid down by his few faithful followers...