They behave like security guys, avoiding eye contact and any pleasantries.

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Some doctors say they look for signs of lying, such as avoiding eye contact, pausing or voice inflections, and other signs of anxiety.

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Before I had him, I considered myself "street smart, " avoiding eye contact with people I didn't know or didn't think I wanted to know.

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He looked down a lot, avoiding eye contact.

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" Of course, we then mentioned the very aluminum-looking Nokia N9 images and Marko grew uncomfortable, avoiding eye contact, and responded, "we see lots of things online, and you publish them occasionally, but that's not what I'm talking about.

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Of course (and now this is becoming a familiar tune), avoiding all eye contact to keep from staring is also a bad tactic.

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And while I was well paid, I had become the very image of my most despised beings: a downtrodden commuter, avoiding eye-contact with the fellow-travellers, whose home town was a place to sleep rather than a community to which he could contribute.

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Steady eye contact is the de facto expression of openness in our culture, while avoiding it is a certain sign of discomfort.

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