Word: glimmering
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...reality that if he is nominated the party will lose -- and probably lose big. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, one of the nation's most articulate left-wing populists, insists that if Jackson is the nominee, the "increase in voters would more than offset defections." There is a glimmer of merit to the contention, since voter turnout was just 53% in 1984. But partisans made the same arguments for Barry Goldwater in 1964 and George McGovern in 1972. The results were two of the biggest landslides in modern history...
...have a lot of freedom," she says. And Shustorovich calls Special Concentrations "the last glimmer of hope in the bureaucracy...
These differences between the laboratory and the workplace present troubling conflicts of interest when professors enter the business world. Patents, and their secrecy, may erode the openness of a scientific culture that produced a discovery. The glimmer of profit can influence research choices by convincing a professor to pursue a lucrative field instead of working on more esoteric subjects. Professors may withhold the publication of their findings until they reach the patenting stage--as happened several times last year in the field of superconductors--even refusing to informally discuss their research with their colleagues. Consulting or using university facilities...
There was a glimmer of support for the President when the Senate voted 51 to 48 in favor of the aid package, although, after the House action, the upper chamber's vote was merely symbolic. Perhaps the best the President can expect is a $10 million package of humanitarian aid that congressional Democrats are cobbling together. But the Administration is hardly enthusiastic about it. "They just want to send food and bandages," says one official. "That's not the kind of help that can keep a fighting force in the field...
Despite the latest happy twist in CBS News' running soap opera, staffers remain wary. "The general mood is up," reports one producer, "but there is a glimmer of concern as to how sincere this all is, or how permanent." Though the jazzy magazine program West 57th has survived its harshest critics and done some solid journalism, its ratings on Saturday night remain low. 48 Hours will have a similarly tough job winning viewers in its difficult Tuesday slot. CBS, in a tight race with ABC for second place in the prime-time ratings, will find it hard to stick with...