Word: glamorizing
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...summer, the Army's mountain trooper sheds his skis and white suit-and his glamor. Then he looks like any other soldier except for a cocky ski cap, sole reminder of the days when he whooshed down slopes and tramped the peaks on snowshoes. Last week, somewhere in the West, he plodded up a narrow mountain path, holding the bridle of an opinionated mule. The view he saw was mostly the rump of the mule ahead; the sounds he heard were the clip-clip-clop of mule hoofs, labored breathing, an occasional heavy stumble over stone...
Married. Mrs. Brenda Williams-Taylor Frazier Watriss, mother of ex-Glamor Girl Brenda Frazier Kelly; and Henry Pierrepont Perry, retired stock broker; each for the third time; in Manhattan...
...White House wedding, fanciest of the day, was reported by brief communiques. The papers had plenty of space left to report other glamor weddings of the same day-notably...
Teresa's rise toward stardom has been without benefit of glamor. Neither prettier nor shapelier than thousands of other American girls, Cinemactress Wright has not got what it takes to become a blonde comet. Thus reduced to brains and ability, she has adamantly refused to trick them out with fake publicity. She also persists in her right to lead a private life. When her boss's head publicity man revealed her engagement to Scriptwriter Niven Busch before she had informed her closest friends, Sam Goldwyn had to take her aside and tell her the facts of Hollywood life...
Bulb-nose again: "Because home always assumes a degree of exaggerated glamor when you're away from it. You can at least keep your illusions much better if you never go home...