Word: glinting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Neck bare, I stood stage right watching the shiny medallion glint against her gown. I’m a has-been, last year’s queen, all washed up. But thinking about all the preparation and all the appearances Theresa has ahead of her, life post-title doesn’t seem...
...recognize my mistake and withdraw each time before the end of the term, I was shepherded through these tragicomic ebbs and flows by the legendary John Marquand, the late senior tutor of Dudley House widely considered one of the finest advisors of all time. Fixing me with a steely glint softened by warmth and compassion, he said gently and with a hint of bemusement after the last of these decisions to withdraw midstream, “Chris, let’s agree: the next time you come back, it will be because you really want to, not just because it?...
...doesn't shake like a bowlful of jelly and that twinkle in his eye is more of an entrepreneurial glint, but Microsoft chairman Bill Gates seems intent on becoming India's Santa Claus. The world's richest man curried favor on the subcontinent last week by donating $100 million to help fight India's AIDS epidemic, which could hit 25 million by 2010. "There is so much promise from the great talent in this country that AIDS should not limit it," Gates said. Cultivating that talent is the goal of Gates' second gift: a $400 million investment in India, birthplace...
...sounds like an amateur B-grade horror movie and sure, Jar Jar Binks makes his return as the most annoying character ever captured on celluloid, but nothing could deter die-hard fans from this latest installment in George Lucas’ Star Wars saga. Luke is still but a glint in his father’s eye as Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen pursue their ill-fated love affair between battles with Jedi Rebel Dooku and his band of cloned droids. Will the “force” of photogenic actors overcome the dark side of a potentially plotless...
...Then, with a devilish glint in my eye, I had an epiphany! In a stroke of genius, I had found the perfect solution: fulfill your extracurricular and social life requirements at the same time. What could be better than joining a close-knit group of people who all share a common interest? And I had the perfect role models: no, not The Crimson, but a cappella! All I had to do was look at the smiling, poised faces of charismatic students snapping and harmonizing to realize that they were the lucky ones who had it all. I became convinced that...