"I could stare at an urn, or I could stare at the ground in the cemetery, or I could hold and pet her, " Rosa said.

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More often they just stare intently or blurt insults at the screens.

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Conservative jurists in particular tend to defer to the principle of stare decisis, or established precedent.

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Or simply stop in to stare at the artistically arranged counter displays and nibble at the samples.

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When you look in your briefcase or at your desk, does an iPhone stare back at you?

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Sometimes they stare mindlessly at the CNN Airport Network or sit with glazed eyes in a boring meeting.

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You know, lesiure, the time to stare at the bubbles in beer (or more amusingly, to ponder the bubbles that pass for though as they travel through the head of the new barmaid), contemplate the sunset, whatever it is that we think is the good life.

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People would politely stare at the floor and hope somebody changed the subject or started singing karaoke.

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Stare in wonderment, stare in horror, throw up, walk out, or laugh?

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Several hundred invited guests, all wearing the blue hard hats, took construction elevators up to a top floor to stare out over the turquoise water, sip similarly colored cocktails and hear a speech or five.

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