Word: glare
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...institutions. The Fellows of Harvard College need consensus, good faith, calm deliberation, and open minds. It would not be sensible to recommend putting a radical firebrand on the Corporation. But the amicable consensus that permits the Corporation to run the University as it judges fit, out of the harsh glare of the public eye, need not be a rigid unanimity that threatens to blind the Corporation to the nature of the many problems that Harvard has faced, does face, and will face again...
...made some blunders in presenting this work to its audience. It should have allayed suspicions of haste by fully publishing its scientific analyses of the ceiling, its problems and its techniques of restoration. It was stupid to spring the cleaned lunettes on the public in 1984 under the killing glare of television wattage; that kind of lighting would make even Michelangelo's sculpture look flat, let alone his frescoes...
...first noticed that I was suffering from this variant form of sibling rivalry, she laughed and sighed, “Oh, Morgan. Don’t be silly—you don’t live here anymore.” Instinctively, I shot New Morgan an accusatory glare; luckily, she was engrossed in a Disney movie (probably mine), missing my embarrassing display of childish resentment. I turned back to my mother, the traitor, who just shook her head and smiled...
...Hilton cafeteria for four breakfasts--coffee, rolls and eggs--that the terrorists appear to have consumed that morning, and forensic tests of the contents of the dead gunman's stomach corresponded to that fare. The Austrians were grimly discreet as they pressed their investigation, taking care to avoid the glare of unwelcome publicity. "We don't want every terrorist thug to know the faces and names of the judges and policemen on the case," said a tightlipped spokesman for the Ministry of Justice. The Austrians had good reason for caution: for the past 4 years three Abu Nidal terrorists have...
...water, the stricken sub managed to stay afloat, limping eastward under its own power before accepting a tow from one of several Soviet merchant ships that had arrived on the scene. Then, early last week, the towline was disconnected, and the remaining 120 crew members were evacuated under the glare of red and green safety flares. The 9,600-ton sub disappeared under the waves, sinking some 18,000 ft. to the bottom...