And while I was well paid, I had become the very image of my most despised beings: a downtrodden commuter, avoiding eye-contact with the fellow-travellers, whose home town was a place to sleep rather than a community to which he could contribute.
But a real conversation, as I talked about in the last blog, is full of anticipatory nods and hand-offs of eye contact in order to allow smooth conversational Ping-pong.
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This kind of over-done eye contact generally communicates a desire to dominate, a feeling of superiority, a lack of respect, or a wish to insult.
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You'll need to pay attention to his choice of restaurant, his manners and how much eye contact he makes--especially if there's a television set on the wall with a game on.
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Once the interviewer greets you, make eye contact and offer a palm-to-palm handshake that is not too strong and not too weak.
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Interestingly, they made the same claim about the original law even though it required police officers to make little more than eye contact before launching a full-blown inquiry into someone's immigration status.
Warmth is nonverbally displayed by signals that include open body postures, palm-up hand gestures, positive eye contact, synchronized movements, head nods and smiles.
There were closed-door meetings filled with desperado eye contact.
Even in my own, non-celebrity life, I sometimes feel that making eye contact with a person can give a jolt of energy, or more often, drain some energy away.
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One oft-cited myth about Japanese, that they rarely make eye contact, is not really true.
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For the photographers themselves, work like this can be more liberating than shooting magazine covers, which with few exceptions (W, for one) come with lots of rules: the subject must make eye contact, must be smiling, must be conservatively made-up, etc.
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Then Blues' Wales scrum-half Richie Rees received a 12-week ban after being cited for making contact with the eye area of Hartley during the return fixture.
Then Blues' Wales scrum-half Richie Rees received a 12-week ban after being cited for making contact with the eye area of Hartley during the return fixture a week later.
Holding eye contact works best for 7 to 10 seconds in a one-on-one conversation, and for 3 to 5 seconds in a group setting, says Ben Decker, chief executive officer of Decker Communications, a San Francisco-based training and consulting firm.
" Of course, we then mentioned the very aluminum-looking Nokia N9 images and Marko grew uncomfortable, avoiding eye contact, and responded, "we see lots of things online, and you publish them occasionally, but that's not what I'm talking about.
Eye contact happens often and when a toddler in a Ramones T-shirt pauses to perform a wobbly dance in front of a lone saxophonist crooning a melancholy rendition of La Vie en Rose above 20th Street, walkers stop, smile and soak it in.
The Cardiff Blues number nine was found guilty of making contact with Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley's eye during their 23-19 Heineken Cup pool defeat on 19 December.
At Bi-Rite, the beloved San Francisco market, employees are urged to make eye contact if a customer is within 10 feet and to say hello within 4.
When sales-training executive Lisa Contini consulted Decker to improve her communication skills, she found eye contact was a key piece of the puzzle.
Dr. Friedman surveyed the room, clearly attempting to make eye contact with the closest suspect, though unfortunately that suspect was Janey Filch, wall-eyed and so shy she looked ready to faint.
Jones was initially overlooked for Ireland flanker Alan Quinlan, but before the tourists left for South Africa the Munster man was banned until September for making contact with the eye area of Leinster captain Leo Cullen in the Heineken Cup semi-final.
When a different co-worker challenged her in a recent meeting, she took a deep breath and kept eye contact while countering his points.
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