His face went blank.

NEWYORKER: Silver or Lead

The senior policeman came out, and I searched his blank face for clues.

NEWYORKER: Cell One

He has not been to school since he was seven, he says, his small face a complete blank.

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His wife, Zoe, then told the inquest she saw Bird carrying the rifle with a "blank look" on his face and was "unnerved".

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As he begins to backtrack, she jolts upright, stares back in shock, then in mock shock, shifting in subtle increments until she smiles, lets her face go blank again, and leans back into his arms with relaxed panic, a twenty-sided facial expression that should earn Lauren Graham a special Emmy.

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