In the second, they stared in rapt attention at the instructor 80 percent of the time.

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For a minute they stared at each other, and then Mami let the bill go, the force between them so strong the paper popped.

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They stared into the flames.

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They stared at him.

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Instead, they blankly stared ahead to summon the concentration required to take on the sheep.

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They all stared at me in silence.

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They stopped and stared at us when we drove past, and then continued their work.

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Diller was disconcerted that Page, even as they talked, stared fixedly at the screen of his P.

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The leaves outside the window were still shimmering, and I stared at the fuzzy pattern they made on the pane and the Formica counter under it.

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"I've been stared at and physically attacked and I know people judge me when they see me buying something nice for my sons, " said Mrs Sharp.

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Employees will be judged not just by the quality or creativity or ingenuity or precision of their finished work, but will be electronically stared at -- smothered with second-by-second scrutiny -- as they do the work, wherever they are.

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At last they reached the downstairs lobby, crossed it, and, leaning together, made their way outside, stared at by two middle-school kids.

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