Word: afterglow
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...just dropped behind the Pocono Mountains, its afterglow silhouetting plain wooden bleachers rapidly filling with fans. The Palmerton, Pa., high school band struts along the end zone, then turns smartly down the visiting team's sideline toward a roped-off section behind their players' bench. On the near side of the field, the band for Pleasant Valley High is already in place, alternating Sousa with the theme from Rocky, while cheerleaders flash blue and white pompoms. Five candidates for Pleasant Valley Homecoming Queen wait with feigned casualness in a special section, shyly grinning escorts at their sides. Just...
...roseate afterglow of Anwar Sadat's historic visit to Israel, Americans experienced a powerful surge of hope for peace in the Middle East. About 86% of Americans believe that the Egyptian President's initiative increased the chances for peace. That mood of confidence was shared, overwhelmingly, by citizens of every political stripe, including 87% of Republicans, 84% of Democrats and 90% of Independents. These are some of the results of a nationwide survey of 1,050 registered voters conducted for TIME by the opinion-research firm of Yankelovich, Skelly and White...
...search through the past is much more than just the Bicentennial celebrations and their lingering afterglow. It is people looking for smaller dimensions, for more simplicity in their lives. It is folks digging for roots, trying to build bulwarks against the tide of social disintegration that has washed over so much of the country in the past two decades. George Gallup has found that a lot of Americans are going back to religion for guidance on how to live in these crowded and affluent times. The number of Americans who believe religious influence is increasing has tripled since...
Brown acquired the sole rights of possession to the number one slot last Saturday by overrunning Cornell, 28-12, in a bruising victory that shattered the week-old hazy afterglow of Cornell's Harvard upset...
...these bad moments scarcely dimmed the afterglow of Rockefeller's Southern excursion, at least among conservatives. Rocky's success can only encourage Ford, whose stock has also been rising in the South. Pressure was building on Ronald Reagan to declare his candidacy before too many conservatives had deserted...