Top on the list of body language mistakes that women make is crossing her arms over her chest.
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As cloud roil the skies above Washington's Reagan National Airport, Trina Robertson was crossing her fingers that her flight to Dallas wasn't delayed yet again.
"Later, " "I don't have time right now" and "I don't know" were some of the responses Cary Nations got when she asked students crossing her path if they were registered to vote.
She was just a year old, crossing with her mother and infant sister.
Although many of her colleagues in academia were supportive of her crossing, that period was difficult for her and her family.
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She, I would suggest it could reasonably be argued, most likely DID have EDUCATED REASON to believe that her crossing would be a safe one.
Her boat, American Pearl, upended in the rough conditions and tipped her into the sea - forcing the rower to relive her memories of being rescued after her unsuccesful 1998 attempt on the crossing when Hurricane Danielle capsized her 15 times.
In May, a 19-year-old Mexican woman died while crossing the border with her infant daughter.
"The flames were gigantic, " said Roxanne Guzman, who was crossing the bridge with her husband and brother about 10 p.m.
Last April, Nelson was crossing a street with her three children when her 4-year-old was struck and killed by a car.
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Iqbal says she keeps her husband from crossing the line between fantasy and reality.
In 1952, the liner United States made the fastest-ever crossing of the Atlantic, on her maiden voyage.
In a message posted on the Internet, Ms Murden said crossing Lenny's path had helped exorcise her bad memories of the earlier voyage.
Sarah told Luhrmann how, one day, after a lunch at a restaurant with fellow-parishioners, she was feeling good about herself, whereupon, as she was crossing the parking lot, a bird shat on her blouse.
Thalia's classmate, Sarye, says her mother was willing to face the dangers of a desert crossing because she was tired of working 12-hour days at a restaurant in Mexico City.
But, by crossing the line first in Amsterdam all those years, ago, she guaranteed her place in the history books, even if it's not on the front page.
Although she had swum regularly for nearly 25 years, Ms Sherr realised she had to improve her efficiency in the water if she was to complete the Hellespont crossing.
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Two years ago a 19-year-old Welsh holidaymaker was killed on the second day of her holiday on Ibiza when she walked out of packed nightclub and began crossing the unlit road.
It did not seem to her a natural light, and in weak moments she thought, This is the crossing-over time.
An inquest into her death found that she may have been "too familiar" with using the crossing for almost every day for 40 years.
In November 2008, Jean Hoggart, 56, and her seven-year-old grandson Mikey Dawson were killed by a train at the same level crossing.
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My younger daughter Gracie's first taste of freedom came when she was 11 and she and her friend Anthea were allowed to visit the luncheonette on our corner because it didn't require crossing any streets.
In 2008, Jean Hoggart, 56, and her seven-year-old grandson Mikey Dawson died after being hit by a train at the same crossing.
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He coached Jackie in the art of pitching when she was eight years old and even showed her his trademark "drop pitch, " a dazzling throw in which the ball swooped down just before crossing the plate.
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