For the next eight months, her family struggled to figure out what happened to their soccer loving, artistic, horse crazy daughter, whose gentle smile, long dark hair and shining eyes did not bely a struggling soul.

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According to Zander, the bond that exists between the conductor and his musicians -- which he describes in almost spiritual terms (the purpose of life, he says, is to surround yourself with "shining eyes") -- can be replicated in the workplace between managers and their staff.

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The light shining from her eyes felt like a place I could stay forever.

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So when I met Edna on the pavement, the love was shining from my eyes.

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Fatima Hajji is petite and elegant, her headscarf framing her face, her eyes shining beneath plucked eyebrows.

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Hundreds of lives are being put at risk by people shining laser pens in the eyes of pilots flying at Gatwick Airport, says a Sussex MP.

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Regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Kubrick directed groundbreaking films including 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Dr Strangelove and Eyes Wide Shut, his last film before his death in 1999.

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But he told me later that Earth's bright blue light was shining through the Eagle's telescope and into his eyes, keeping him awake.

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But he was soon vindicated in the eyes of most Peruvians by the capture of the leader of the main rebel group, the Shining Path.

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