Word: glassed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Green was hoping to make the match a little closer this time, what with their new glass wall courts. In most sports movies--"Hoosiers" comes to mind--the home team triumphs despite the tremendous obstacles...
...rich and fastidious clientele it is entirely plausible to imagine a dissatisfied traveler to Florida bringing a lawsuit against the sun." But tireless denials of the infinite efficacy of wealth ultimately cost the author his sense of humor, and he begins to manifest the mania he condemns, in looking-glass fashion. The "civil religion" of unbridled capitalism makes everything awful to him. Among his complaints: the plethora of soaps and deodorizing products available to U.S. consumers, the lamentable historical and geographic illiteracy of most Americans, and the fact that Hollywood actresses feel the need to dress down or otherwise disguise...
...Crimson, which has had difficulty rebounding lately, utilized a man-to-man defense which made rebounding easier for Duncan, as well as for Hayes and Tri-Captain Beth Chandler, each of whom finished the game with six caroms. Overall, the team dominated the glass, outrebounding the Minutewomen by a solid 54-34 margin...
Stankard could barely afford to destroy his work because he was desperately short of crystal. In 1975 he solved the problem by ordering $15,000 worth of glass from a Pennsylvania optical glass company. He was earning only $7,000 a year at the time, and he had no savings. To pay the bill, the Stankards renegotiated the mortgage on their house...
...arts, but more one of solid, practical investment, rather like that of collecting Christmas plates. Eight years ago, Stankard began encasing his flowers in a crystal block about six inches high, three inches wide. As this new form evolved, he began laminating the blocks with translucent dark green glass on three sides, giving the impression that the plants and their roots are suspended in space, released from their glass prison. The form, which Stankard calls a cloistered botanical, brought his work to the attention of collectors of contemporary glass. "He has broken away from the traditional paperweight style...