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A staircase with two missing stairs and a warning sign, where the structural problem has not been fixed yet. The missing stair is a metaphor for a person within a social group or organization who many people know is untrustworthy or otherwise has to be "managed," but around whom the group chooses to work by discreetly warning newcomers of their behavior, rather than address the person and ...
A 1913 study by John E. Coover asked ten subjects to state whether or not they could sense an experimenter looking at them, over a period of 100 possible staring periods. . The subjects' answers were correct 50.2% of the time, a result that Coover called an "astonishing approximation" of pure chance.
Staring can be interpreted as being either hostile, or the result of intense concentration; above, two men stare at each other during a political argument.. Children have to be socialised into learning acceptable staring behaviour.
You may not even realize you're doing it.
The phrase was popularized after Life magazine published the painting Marines Call It That 2,000 Yard Stare by World War II artist and correspondent Tom Lea, [4] although the painting was not referred to with that title in the 1945 magazine article.
Stairs can be a huge safety concern, especially if there are balance or mobility issues. A stair lift —a motorized chair that attaches to a rail to glide you up and down safely—might seem like ...
Unfortunately, not all gym goers are there to work on their fitness. Some go there to watch others do it, which can be seriously uncomfortable for the person being stared at. A TikToker, going ...
Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there! He wasn't there again today, I wish, I wish he'd go away! When I came home last night at three, The man was waiting there for me But when I looked around the hall, I couldn't see him there at all! Go away, go away, don't you come back any more! Go away, go away, and please don't slam the ...