Word: glimmering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...admires the disciplined craftsmanship of the prose, but the stories remain precious objects under glass domes, sealed in pretty things of not much consequence. Like eleven mirages, the collection has a shimmering, evasive beauty that gives pleasure at first but soon makes one feel teased and irritated. The stories glimmer with promise and technical polish and they dazzle for a minute--but suddenly one suspects that it's all a false promise and the real thing has been forsaken for the fool's gold of the alchemist. Mark Helprin's intriguing short stories simply fail to transmute into any sort...
...icemen had a brief glimmer of hope when captain Tom Murray scored a shorthanded goal to cut the Cornell lead to 5-3 at 10:38 of the third period. But the red-hot Cornell power play, which had already connected twice on the evening, clicked again at 11:53, when Geoff Roeszler gunned a slapshot past Crimson goalie Mark Whiston to clinch the victory...
...already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a compulsive motion agitated its limbs...
...provide floodlights and extend patrol hours. It can also encourage women themselves to take basic steps to overcome the threat of violence and recover their independence--by providing free and easily accessible self-defense courses. The present self-defense course given by Arthur Fitzhugh of HUPD offers a glimmer of hope. However, it is not regularly given and depends on the student's ability to rent necessary equipment, secure a room and guarantee attendance of twenty people...
...Glimmer...