Word: glared
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Have the press and the public been giving Bush a free ride? Yes and no. It is true that he has not been subjected to the same intense glare as his opponent, but sitting Presidents rarely are. While challengers can spring from nowhere with nothing more than ambition on display, Presidents are far better- known quantities. Bush, who has already served 11 years as President and Vice President, is a more familiar figure than most incumbents. On the other hand, Bush has been questioned over the years on a number of sensitive issues -- ranging from his family's business dealings...
Like Camden Yards, it looked good on paper. But then they built the glass dome and a little too much light began to shine on the project. Players taking batting practice under the dome were so blinded by the glare that four glass panels had to be painted white. That, in turn, killed the grass. The grounds keeping compromise that artificially grew out of this crisis--Astroturf--haunts the national pastime to this...
Everyone knows that the glare of television lights amplifies pressure and makes clear thinking more difficult. Rape victims are nervous enough testifying in public courtrooms; describing one's own rape to total strangers, in the presence of the rapist, while a lawyer tries to destroy the testimony will make anyone tense enough. CNN on the scene only makes it worse, and there is no "openness" interest to cut the other...
...more to listening than to talking. On the other was Clarence Thomas, 43, a courtly man who from his college days has enjoyed a reputation for treating women with particular courtesy and respect. Yet there she was, this prim law professor from the University of Oklahoma, seated in the glare of klieg lights before the Senate Judiciary Committee, calmly detailing graphic charges of sexual harassment against the man who until last week seemed virtually certain to be confirmed as the next Justice to the Supreme Court...
...Wichita may never be quite the same. Tucked comfortably away in the middle of America's "flyover country," this conservative, image-conscious city (pop. 304,000) prefers to resolve its internal disputes -- which customarily involve school-board squabbles or debates over nude dancing in bars -- away from the glare of media attention. Thus there was some local discomfort in mid-July, when Operation Rescue, an aggressive antiabortion group based in Binghamton, N.Y., set up blockades outside three local clinics; one of them is among the few that perform late abortions. TV cameras soon followed, since the protests turned...