Word: glimmered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Still, there was determined optimism among Western diplomats that a glimmer of something useful had been accomplished: by sitting down with neighbors, enemies and erstwhile allies?all insistent that North Korea renounce its nuclear weapons-development program?the North's authoritarian leadership received the clearest message yet of how isolated it has become. Moreover, U.S. officials hope the North's latest displays of intractability will finally convince its only friends, Russia and China, to express their impatience with the regime's bluster and brinkmanship...
...biggest bet of all: that he is right about Iraq and the economy. If Saddam is killed or caught or if America clearly wins the peace, the Dean case begins to sound badly off-key. And if last week's 2.4% jump in second-quarter growth is a glimmer of a real recovery, Americans may want to hang on to their tax cuts rather than give them up for Dean's health-care and recovery plan. The Dean message that Democrats find so enticing now could be the formula for a Bush landslide...
There is a glimmer of hope, after all. At Tuesday’s Faculty meeting, 11 professors rose to speak on Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William C. Kirby’s proposal to introduce preregistration to Harvard College. And 10 railed against the idea. Some pointed out the logistical problems that preregistration would cause, including burying professors under a mountain of add/drop forms; some queried whether the proposal would even bring improved class-size predictions that Kirby had claimed, and some pointed out that the scheme’s introduction would be deleterious for undergraduate education...
Three years ago, plans for wireless were only a glimmer in the techies’ eyes. Now two Houses, the Science Center, the Maxwell-Dworkin building, Loker Commons and Cabot, Hilles, Lamont and Widener Libraries all have wireless Internet access...
...bravado of these glorified dolls and their extravagant accessories, they seem woefully unprepared without their gas masks. Sure, some of these action figures are designed for imaginary conflicts. They fight Cobra, an imaginary enemy, who represented the Axis of Evil before that was even a glimmer in President George W. Bush?...