Word: gleams
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Even when one's "higher education" has been guided on its way by the gleam of the Harvard tradition, and shunning as one must the merest appearance of biting the hand that feeds one--it is but the sincerest admiration and hope for excellence in this activity as well that arouses our anticipation of the coming season.--The Radcliffe Daily, October...
...distant stellar gleam...
Devouring, by the lamp's declining gleam...
...seen hanging in the position of honor at the museum in Manhattan-a gorgeous portrait of a medieval prince, at once beautiful and cruel. The head is perfection. A furry outer jacket partially conceals the crimson tunic with gold sleeves. Jewels gleam against the darker shades, simplicity sits elegantly upon the brighter colors. The complete history of the canvas is not known. What happened to it during the centuries of its "loss"? Until that is explained, scientists cannot be certain that this is a genuine Titian. What difference does it make? asked artists. It is itself rapturously beautiful. Romancers...
Occasionally, this legislative technician takes a day or two of rest and goes to Baltimore to see the races. Then the poker face of the Senator is metamorphosed into the Paul Revere of the Kaws; the drooping mustache stiffens, his eyes gleam, the dash of blood from the daughter of Chief White Plume swirls.... And, inevitably, the senior Senator from Kansas returns to his caucuses...