Word: gleaming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...phenomenon arises when the last rays of sunlight before totality gleam through the valleys and depressions of the mountainous lunar surface, creating, in effect, a "perforated" ring of sunlight about the edge of the moon. By accurately timing the event, the experimenters plan to collate more precise measurements of the moon's diameter...
...among the millions of us in Viet Nam. Everyone so far has been quite courteous about that." And why not? As Saigon Deputy Dang Van Sung admits: "Who dares attack her? You have to be as careful as you would holding a fresh egg in your hand." A mischievous gleam in her eyes, Mme. Xa concurs: "After all, I also represent the Deputies' wives...
...headlights of a passing car gleam off the white police squad car parked on the left, off the white facade of a church a few doors down...
Along with his cards, Adolfo unconsciously reveals his character, and it is not a pretty sight. He is a scared little man who compensates his fear with dreary little vices. As he gets the financial picture, his watery eyes gleam with greed, and he assumes a proprietary air. When Pina leaves the room, he arrogantly rearranges some furniture, carelessly cracks a glass lampshade, slyly turns the crack to the wall...
...about those of his characters, a celebrity who laughs at the thought of being one. He is somewhat of a modern-day Mr. Bennet with his mixture of "quick parts, sarcastic humor, reserve, and caprice." Nothing escapes his easy wit -- the world, his critics, himself. There is a definite gleam in his eyes when he speaks of his bad reviews. "They were ferocious in Women's Wear Daily. It ended up by saying something like 'the question is why Mr. Alfred chose to produce this play. We don't know, but let us forgive and by all means forget...