Lululemon staff are trained keep an open ear on customer comments as they try on Lulugear.

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Words like "mentor" and "open ear" come up a lot when people describe Golden.

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Find out something that is unique about them, have an open ear.

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Anyone serious about their career will always keep an eye and an ear open.

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To find out how much time phones spend keeping one ear open, Shin and Zhang conducted an extensive trace-based analysis of real WiFi networks.

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He spoke at student rallies, held press conferences with youth organizations and ensured that his staff kept an open and accessible ear to the interests, concerns and needs of those of us who worked full time to engage young people.

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Although he went to Paris last autumn for extended treatment of what was described as an ear infection, he shows few open signs of frailty.

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Both require molds to be made and either close off the ear entirely or provide an "open fit, " letting in lower frequencies that don't need amplification.

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Anyone who has grilled a cherry tomato, roasted an ear of corn, sampled eggplant slices brushed with olive oil and cooked over an open flame or even broiled a simple mushroom cap can testify to the joys of grilling vegetables.

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And keep an ear out to see if any of your colleagues received promotions recently, as it shows whether management is open to the idea.

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