Word: glimmerous
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...years later, and playing away from la patrie, they may just have cooled off. The Argentineans had too much to cope with. It's very hard to play while carrying on your shoulders the hopes of nearly 40 million economically depressed people who look to you as the only glimmer of light in a stark daily landscape...
...cool air of a September morning rushed through the trees surrounding University Hall. The sun began to fill the Yard with the glimmer of a new semester. This morning was the quiet beginning to the day of upper class registration, a day that became filled with worry and pain, reflection and prayer. The morning of Tuesday September the eleventh will no doubt be the formative experience of our college lives—before the year had officially begun, we had already learned more about our country and ourselves than we could have learned from the year’s coursework...
...began, I promised to rant and rave about the littlest details in my favorite not-so-good-for-you fashion mag. And for the last nine-or-so months, I’ve done just that. I started with their appeal; shiny gloss in unwavering, their buy-it-now! glimmer is intoxicating. But time and again, I’ve returned to their failings. Treatment of plus-sized models or the fix-it-quick life solutions come to mind. What a long and strange trip it’s been: from breasts to prairie dresses, the horoscope to stick-thin...
...matter what Saudi leaders do, the United States must latch onto this glimmer of hope. President George W. Bush and the State Department must be actively involved in these discussions. They must ensure that the plan does not devolve into an unreasonable ultimatum hoisted upon unwilling parties. And before anyone can move forward, all leaders in the Middle East-especially Yassir Arafat and Ariel Sharon—must do everything in their power to stop the spiral of violence that continues to engulf the region...
...brainstorming on ways to convince Americans that saving Africa from financial ruin is in America's best interest. As is frequently the case with debate on Africa, the discussion eventually sagged into weary frustration. By midnight, the air had leaked out of the room and, with it, any glimmer of productivity...