The leaves outside the window were still shimmering, and I stared at the fuzzy pattern they made on the pane and the Formica counter under it.

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It made her crazy to look at him and so she stared at her feet, at her ubiquitous galoshes.

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At last they reached the downstairs lobby, crossed it, and, leaning together, made their way outside, stared at by two middle-school kids.

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Cal stared at Mandy, and she tried to get a read, as he might have put it.

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