Word: glamourizer
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...field was solid (see box). Aaron, Robinson, McGwire, Gehrig, Williams, DiMaggio: these men earned respect, and strong men misted up to see most of the survivors on the field as their moments were announced. It was also tonic to see the game's medieval power and glamour recognized. Five of the ten moments took place more than a half-century ago. Baseball, more than any other sport, is its past. Commissioner Bud Selig wanted the fans to remember this - and not the more recent stains on the game - when he first announced that the Memorable Moments event would be part...
...glamour and promise, DNA testing is not the technology that truly excites forensic scientists--or the people who make TV dramas. What thrills them most is the hardware--the scopes and scanners and mass spectrometers that allow investigators to peer with remarkable precision into any given piece of evidence...
...show is that Versace's shimmering, flamboyant designs are guaranteed crowd pleasers in a way that Saint Laurent's tuxedos and trench coats are not. The exhibition, which opened last week, makes note of Versace's under-appreciated tailoring skills, but places greater emphasis on the flash and glamour that the house has come to represent. The fact that the women Versace was most famous for dressing were British also helps explain the exhibition. The British have a unique fascination with Versace. The stereotype of the house - bold, brassy and tacky - goes against the stereotype of the polite and reserved...
...expert on Jem [but] I know she’s a good person, so I guess she’s a good thing to admire. The people who made the show made an effort to round her out, so she wasn’t just a glamour puss...
Perhaps most interesting is the case of Mary Lou Schiavo ’76, who achieved further Glamour fame after taking home two more awards from the magazine. In the ’80s, Schiavo, then inspector general for the Department of Transportation, won Glamour’s “Working Woman” contest. Then, after writing a book, teaching aeronautical engineering and working for the California law firm Baum & Hedland, she took home one of Glamour’s “Woman of the Year” awards in 1997, a title recently shared...