Word: gleaming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trends are valiantly appearing. A salesgirl in the Coop spoke lovingly new round playing cards which were so popular that the store couldn't keep them in stock." There was a gleam of enthusiasm in her eyes and a growing momentum of rapture in her voice. With trembling fingers she opened a catalogue and showed their picture. "We're not re-ordering them the saleslady next to her stated definitively...
...immediate plans to graft Shoebox on any of its information-handling machines, but a bright gleam glows in the eyes of its engineers. They will first increase Shoebox's vocabulary to 1,000 words, then to 10,000. This can be done without much difficulty, they think, since multisyllabic words are comparatively easy to recognize. They will also try to make Shoebox recognize mumbled, slurred, and female voices; at present it can handle only the words of clear-spoken males. Most foreign languages are no problem for Shoebox, but it is baffled by Chinese, Bantu and other tongues that...
...should be replaced by the House system," said one boy with an ambiguous gleam in his eye. Three others, nearly one per cent, came out with the witticism, "It should be cleaned...
...vehicles can and must be built, operated and maintained at a minimum cost without sacrificing performance or reliability. The race will be won by those companies that learn to use the new technology to provide solutions at a cost that the nation can afford." And he adds, with a gleam in his eye: "We are going to have a Henry Ford in space-I'm sure...
...addition to constant car research, von Bekesy is an avid antique collector, and is a familiar prowling figure in Cambridge and New England antique shops. He exhibits pieces of early art in his laboratory "to relieve the stark gleam of instruments that bristle with knobs and dials," according to Stevens...