Word: glimmering
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North Korea's surprise decision to return to the suspended six-party talks over its nascent nuclear program may be the first positive glimmer from the Korean peninsula in nearly a year, but any celebration by the U.S. or its allies would be way too premature. The multilateral negotiations have been replete in the past with false starts and dashed hopes. And it's not clear that all six parties - North Korea, South Korea, Russia, China, Japan and the U.S - are on the same page...
...took four of the next five points to make the score 20-22. That was the closest the Crimson would come, as Brown clung to its lead down the stretch and took game two, 30-26.Game three’s dramatic reversal of fortunes in the opening points offered a glimmer of hope, as Harvard finally found some momentum and jumped out to a 5-2 lead. The Crimson led by as many as five when Brown called a timeout trailing 11-6.Afterwards, the Crimson looked like a different team, as it dropped nine of the next 11 points, giving the Bears...
...quota is likely to be filled. This was the issue facing Harvard students last year, as the quota for H-1Bs was filled on May 26 (about two weeks before graduation), leaving many international Harvard students intending to work in the U.S. up the proverbial creek without a paddle.One glimmer of hope for these students is the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, which allows international students to work in the U.S. for up to twelve months without a visa. However, OPT is not the lifesaver it appears to be: Not only can foreigners only seek jobs related to their field...
...bring back a semblance of normal life, if only for a few hours or days, for family members who have spent months watching a loved one struggle with disease. For Mary Irvine, whose stepdaughter Candice, then 24, wished for a family cruise, the dream allowed her to see a glimmer of Candice as she used to be. "We snorkeled, we hiked up a god-awful hill to a lighthouse, we took ballroom-dancing lessons, we went to the casinos. Candice knew everybody on the ship," says Irvine. A mechanic in the Air Force, Candice died of breast cancer three weeks...
...context, of course, is students’ longing for teachers who can teach and inspire. There seems to be a dearth of this type of educator at Harvard, and so at the slightest glimmer of hope, students flock to take advantage of a real educational opportunity...