Police say a woman taking a driving test ended up pinning a bystander after losing control of the car on a snowy Westchester County road. From LearnThat.org. [http://cbs5.com/watercooler/bystander.drivers.test.2.898579.html]
The first version tells us something that should be obvious: this bystander is surprised. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Five Common Mistakes of Comic Book Writers (#1-5)] Reference
"He must have played rugby for years to have developed reflexes like that," a bystander is quoted by Reuters as saying. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Falls From 8th Floor Paris Apartment, Lives] Reference
When a police officer kills a bystander, that is an accident. From Wordnik.com. [“I’m glad you’ve decided not to kill it”] Reference
This is not a beautiful story, it's called the bystander effect. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2007] Reference
LEMON: Several pointed this problem, the social phenomenon known as bystander effect. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2009] Reference
Responsible adults have been caught up in bystander apathy, so underdeveloped teen age brains, I just don’t know. From Wordnik.com. [Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Monsters | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Howard said that this year the Air Force is using a training program called bystander intervention training or BIT. From Wordnik.com. [montgomeryadvertiser.com - Go] Reference
Solitary individuals will typically intervene if another person is in need of help: this is known as bystander intervention. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
"There's an interesting effect called the bystander effect where once someone acts, then other people act, as well," Gibson said. From Wordnik.com. [WISN.com - Local News] Reference
This also typically includes explaining why 'bad things' are allowed to happen without people intervening - the so-called bystander effect. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks] Reference
(non-targeted radiation), known as the bystander effect. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
Also, "bystander" suggests someone who was accidently there. From Wordnik.com. [Activists Want SPD Officers Fired; McGinn, Chief Say It’s Not that Simple « PubliCola] Reference
I like our artist a lot, but I’m a bit concerned that his depiction of the bystander might be a bit, umm, insensitive to black people. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2008 » December » 24] Reference
NKD1 mutations drive tumor progression or are merely "bystander" mutations. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
"bystander" is an individual peripheral to the central action in a given event. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A woman bystander was also killed in the explosion. From Wordnik.com. [Can The Roadmap Be Saved?] Reference
Then I shot an innocent bystander in a crowded bar. From Wordnik.com. [How I Learned to Love (Detecting) the Bomb] Reference
Not that the people see the government as another innocent bystander. From Wordnik.com. [Nepal: A Captive Land] Reference
Screenwriter David Koepp plays a bystander who gets eaten by a T. rex. From Wordnik.com. [A Visit To Dino Island] Reference
The body, it's clear, is no mere bystander in our thoughts and emotions. From Wordnik.com. [Hello Botox, Bye-Bye Sadness—But Not for the Reasons You Think] Reference
A bystander started interfering and telling me the machine wasn't working. From Wordnik.com. [I was cheated out of £200 after being distracted at a cash machine] Reference
A bystander might have thought some ghastly catastrophe had struck the earth. From Wordnik.com. [All-Nighters In New York] Reference
He seems to have accepted his fate as a lesser player, a historical bystander. From Wordnik.com. [Bush: Praying For Rain] Reference
A bystander pulled the man onto some rocks and several bystanders performed CPR. From Wordnik.com. [Va. man dies after being pulled from river] Reference
But in my view, the international community should be more than a simple bystander. From Wordnik.com. [WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS] Reference
They gave more phone numbers to me and another bystander and asked us to keep trying. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Juventus want to eventually pay £13m for on-loan midfield bystander Alberto Aquilani. From Wordnik.com. [Football transfer rumours: Charles N'Zogbia to Birmingham?] Reference
This enzyme is an innocent bystander that acts on gluten in the lining of the intestine. From Wordnik.com. [Waiter, Please Hold the Wheat] Reference
The working vacation, on Bald Head Island, was captured by a bystander in the photos below. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Gosselin, Kids & Camera Crew Vacation In North Carolina (EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS)] Reference
As Harrison says, to save the baby, "We have to put at risk an innocent bystander -- the mom.". From Wordnik.com. [The Tiniest Patients] Reference
"But being an anthropologist should not mean being a bystander to crimes against the vulnerable.". From Wordnik.com. [Not Just Urban Legend] Reference
In a mysterious "bystander effect," even cells that didn't take up the normal p53 somehow died off. From Wordnik.com. [The Cancer Killer] Reference
Moreover, their intuition had another strong, psychological phenomenon to contend with: the bystander apathy effect. From Wordnik.com. [Following a Hunch, Solving a Mystery] Reference
But these days, when crisis grips the international community, it's not so easy for China to assume the stance of a bystander. From Wordnik.com. [Bystander No More] Reference
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