Word: glamourizer
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...alone in this, for there was once a distinguished gentleman, known to all and sundry . . . but that, as Kipling says, is another story. Not that he has no interest in the vague and changing things which men call laws: the music of the spheres, and the glamour of the dusty night-court alike bewitch him. But the laws that govern men are most enticing. Horoscopes, new as they may be to Harvard, perhaps explain as well why Thou art Thou, as do the addled Viennese hiero-phants. Be that as it may, the rise of the Corsican, the fall...
...horns and drums, and rejoiced, for it was good to hear. Freshmen hung out of the windows of Wigglesworth and watched languidly, glad for an excuse to leave their books, but watchful lest they forget to appear bored; Freshmen do study, just before examinations. But the glamour of the scene did not escape even their indifferent eyes. Perhaps they were a little more aware of the sweat rolling off the double chin of the fat butcher, and the limp of the clerk whose shoes were too now, but those purple fezes and furred shakoes made their conquest...
...know why there is always a glamour in the stage for the public. It is probably their complete ignorance of the hard work, the prosaic life, the unceasing routine, and the sordidness of backstage. The stage is not all roses and champagne...
...MASSED IN FORMIDABLE FORMATION, PRESENTING THE MOST IMPOSING ELEPHANTINE COLUMN OF ALL TIME") to the closing one ("HUGO ZACCHINI, THE HUMAN PROJECTILE, A LIVING PERSON SHOT HEADLONG THROUGH SPACE WITH TERRIFIC FORCE FROM THE MOUTH OF A MONSTER CANNON") 1932-5 biggest tent show is an exhibition of the glamour, fantasy, strength, skill, ingenuity and courage of animals high...
Regardless of the story "Mata Hari" has a great deal of brilliance and glamour that is not unpleasant. Greta Garbo is always fascinating whether she plays the soiled women of Eugene O'Neil's invention, or the most successful of feminine spies. The movie is worth going to, if only...