Word: glaring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hurt Feelings. Yet the Holy Land trip was no unalloyed triumph. The Pope's dream of a peaceful pilgrimage was shattered by the glare of modern publicity (see PRESS), and despite a determined effort to be diplomatic, Paul managed to step on the acutely sensitive toes of Jordanians, Israelis and Orthodox alike...
...BLUE. The color is defined not scientifically, with reference to pigment and wave length. For BLUE the Shorter waxes poetic. "Of the colour of the sky and the deep sea"; and also, "of a flame or flash without red glare; esp. in phr. To burn b, as a candle is said to do as an omen of death, or as indicating the presence of ghosts or of the Devil. (1994)" Also, the color associated with constancy, "hence, true-b," Or pertaining to the political party which has adopted blue as its color, in England, the Conservative. "To vote b." "Affected...
...Justice Department, which moved quickly in the fear that DeAngelis might try to skip the country, is not alone in its desire to get to the bottom of DeAngelis' tangled affairs. Senator John L. McClellan, who never minds working in the glare of headlines, has launched a "quiet study" to see whether his investigative committee should look in. Convinced that any new controls by Washington would smother trading, the nation's commodity exchanges have set up committees to stiffen margin requirements and trading rules. Nonetheless, other indictments are expected to follow the one handed down last week...
Like huge Japanese lanterns, the harbors along Japan's jagged coast sparkled at night last week with the blue fire of acetylene welding rods and the white glare of arc lights. The lights burned overtime as Japan worked to meet the greatest shipbuilding boom in its history. All 54 ways at Japan's nine major shipyards are occupied; one ship is barely launched before a new keel is laid...
...delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious, it's dilemma, it's delimit, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely"-she adds no fillips. She enjoys herself too. When a song finishes and she steps for a moment out of the conical spotlight glare, her face puckers like a little girl's in the near darkness and she smiles...