Word: glassful
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...remembered the last time I swung under that bridge, cycling through the shattered remains of somebody’s Corona Extra. At the time I was concerned about a flat tire, which came about soon enough, but the discarded Corona confronted me with a problem larger than the glass shards my tires repelled...
...their presentation to the planning board, the architects brought posters, a three-dimensional model and a sample of the glass that will be used on the side of the building...
...taste different from a plump strawberry; a just-ripe one will taste different from one that has gone pulpier and sweeter. For subtler flavorings, technologists may not want to touch the fruit at all, instead simply sampling the volatile gases it gives off. IFF scientists sometimes place a glass shroud around a carefully cultivated plant in a field or greenhouse, draw off the sweet, rich air with a syringe and use that as their flavor template. "It gives you a completely different flavor from what you'd get if you cut into the fruit," says Miller...
...sorry, there’s no glass ceiling,” said Kallman, referring to the popular term for perceived impediments on female advancement...
...ordered the U.S. back in the fall of 1945 to relinquish supreme authority over occupied Germany and Japan by, say, March 1946. The wrangling will continue, but meanwhile, there are more portentous matters to consider. This may be a unique moment in transatlantic history. Amid all the broken glass, a window of opportunity stands wide open. Both chastened, Europe and America could be looking at a wondrously creative moment in their turbulent relationship. Gone is the ancient Soviet threat that used to fuse them together; they now confront a whole slew of new threats neither can manage...