Intelligence agencies, always eager to expand their information base, are especially likely to scrutinize behaviors that deviate from the norm--even behaviors that healthy societies need, such as political activism.
Much to our surprise, we were instantly accused of treating innocent people like bacteria, scrutinizing behavior as if in a "digital petri dish".
The spiritually strong person asks questions about sacred texts, scrutinizes behavior, and is constantly looking for answers both inside and outside the framework of their faith.
At country dances and balls grown-ups scrutinize the behavior of blushing young women on the marriage block.
Yet reverence for Beckett can sometimes border on the oppressive, said Theresa Rebeck, whose numerous plays include several that scrutinize female behavior codes ("Spike Heels," "Bad Dates").
The brutally austere films of the French director Bruno Dumont scrutinize human behavior with a chilly, quasi-scientific detachment that borders on misanthropy.
Our new law establishes additional tools to scrutinize market behavior without impeding it, but also allows us to monitor market activity in real time for potential negative impact and then to take necessary actions.
Separately, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Saturday that it would scrutinize the behavior of audit committees in every investigation it begins into companies' financial reporting -- a development that, like the battle over insurance coverage for Enron's directors and officers, cannot be reassuring to board members.
Obama has formed an Oil and Gas Fraud Working Group to scrutinize fraudulent behavior that may be driving up prices at the pump, but has not spoken out about regulating speculative bets that are currently legal.
It also appears that enforcers are beginning to more closely scrutinize the behavior of would-be licensees who take advantage of a FRAND encumbered patent without negotiating licensing terms in good faith.
If your right wing relatives heard you openly support a woman's right to choose, might they not scrutinize your behavior, and your waist-size, looking for clues to turn you in?
