Then she opened her eyes and rolled to her back, finding the knapsack there.

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But she says the camp has also opened up her eyes to the social side of medicine, and she is considering going into public health or pursuing a job that supports patients.

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She gave her own televised "tea-party response" to Mr. Obama's 2011 State of the Union address, a moment that crystallized her distinctness from other House Republicans but also opened her to jokes on late-night TV, because she gave the speech with her eyes cast away from the camera.

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From their style of dress to the way they do business, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs were a breed all their own, she says, but it was the women who really opened her eyes.

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Gabby opened her eyes, so I can tell you she knows we are here.

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But then Lisette was rarely called on in math class sometimes she shut her eyes, pretending that she was thinking really hard, and when she opened them there was one of the three or four smart kids in the class at the board, taking the chalk from Nowicki.

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