In fact, you should be keenly observant from the time you arrive until you say your goodbyes.

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You would have to be religiously observant and austere yourself, then, to really seek a ban on Christmas.

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He writes in an endearing first person voice that can be both wryly observant and objectively fair at once.

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But when lying, they undergo a heightened stress response that can be spotted by an observant parent.

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During Ramadan or Lent, for example, the observant manage to be self-denying even as they struggle to stay on a diet or hold back their temper.

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Had they been more reflective and more observant they would probably be teaching at community colleges.

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So, therefore, we are going be very diligent with our visas and observant with the behavior of people who come to this country.

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And I knew at the same time that in the end, at the last minute, Nunu would in fact lock away the silver, and that later still, once the silver was forgotten, when we discussed the whole thing, the thing that could not be hidden, Nunu would be somewhere nearby with her keys, in her best black dress, with her wrinkles, with her silent, observant caution.

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