Word: glares
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...news was brewing on Ottawa's Parliament Hill. Prime Minister John Diefenbaker summoned newsmen for a late afternoon press conference, kept them fidgeting until all the nation's stock markets were closed for the day. Then, under the glare of TV lights, Diefenbaker announced a 180° shift in the course of Canada's air-defense planning. The R.C.A.F. will gradually eliminate the nine jet squadrons that now guard the continent's northern frontier, replace them with radar-guided Bomarc missiles built in the U.S. Into the discard: Canada's pride...
...crazed, drunken columns, the mob smashed, looted and burned the Catholic chapels of continental ambassadors. The rioters wrecked breweries and distilleries, pumping raw gin onto the flames through the hoses of fire engines, rolling barrels of fat into the bonfires until the London sky blazed with a red glare not seen again until World War II. Methodically, the mob went to work on London's storied prisons-Newgate, Bridewell, Fleet -turning a stream of criminals loose. "London offered on every side," said an eyewitness, "the picture of a city sacked and abandoned to a ferocious enemy...
...which would allow him to shine somewhat more than the Haydn. But he has never imposed his personality upon the music or the audience, and it seemed entirely appropriate for him to end with a concerto. The mature musician is satisfied with participating, and does not need the constant glare of the spotlight...
John Foster Dulles was born in the antiseptic glare of a North American hospital. He was a homo sapiens, and was well raised. He worked on Wall Street, which is somewhere between Prospect Park and the Bronx Zoo. He liked Giant Pandas, Wall Street Bulls, and trial balloons. There was every reason to believe that he would like Hermione Esmerelda and that Hermione Esmerelda would like...
...Tarn was steadily closing on Lincoln Road. At the wire, it was Tim Tarn by half a length. Lincoln Road, hanging on gamely, was second. Noureddin, a fast-finishing long shot, was third. Silky was a sad twelfth. The red comet from California had fizzled out in the gaudy glare of the Derby. The hangover from the carnival still belonged to a brief, bright legend; the real horse race and the regal $118,000 went to the best horse...