Some close observers of the journalism world aren't so sure.

But neither one is a close observer of what I might call inner states.

Indeed, to a close observer, it seemed as though he was deliberately not looking at her.

As his father wrote home, "He is quite a close observer of animated nature."

"As all close observers know, a school is never just a physical structure, there's a culture to every educational setting," the letter says.

A close observer might have detected that he was a man from Manhattan.

For decades, he said, he has been a close observer of the company.

I have been a close observer of this situation and I would like to share my views with you.

But few close observers are confident that will last.

On this night a close observer would have seen that Miller was laboring under some strong feeling.