Word: glinting
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...Ohio State University, said that he was happy to hear the news but not surprised. “Matt [Hubbard] was one of those guys who always liked to laugh,” Fujita said. “He had sort of a charm to him and a glint in his eye. I’m not surprised he did so well for himself.” During his time at Harvard, Hubbard wrote for the Harvard Crimson and comped the Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine...
...coils of razor wire glint in the prairie sun like silver tumbleweeds, piled against the chain-link perimeter fence around the Two Rivers Detention Facility in Hardin, Mont. Two years ago, the town (pop. 3,600) celebrated the completion of this $27 million state-of-the-art private prison, capable of holding 464 inmates. Convinced that the facility would provide employment for more than 100 people and a steady source of municipal income, Hardin and a neighboring town issued revenue bonds to finance its construction and turned it over to a for-profit prison-management corporation. On a 40-acre...
...coils of razor wire glint in the prairie sun like silver tumbleweeds piled against the tall chain-link perimeter fences of the forlorn Two Rivers Detention Facility in Hardin, Montana. Two years ago, the town (pop. 3,600) celebrated the completion of the state-of-the-art private jail capable of holding 464 inmates. Convinced that it would provide steady employment for over 100 locals, as well as accompanying economic benefits, the residents financed it through the sale of revenue bonds and turned it over to a for-profit prison-management corporation. On a 40-acre field at the edge...
...have a uniform,” she says. Chou started wearing the homemade bow, which covers nearly one whole side of her head, a little over a year ago. The bow is now a legend across campus, especially in Quincy dining hall, where it frequently appears like a glint of cartoon cheeriness peeking into the Harvard milieu; and Chou assures that it is a daily absolute. “I mean, you don’t leave your house without your pants, do you? Besides, I think my head looks unbalanced without the bow,” she says...
...everywhere - and turning away from fresco or egg tempera to the relatively new and more pliant medium of oil paint. Drag a loaded brush over the textured surface of a canvas, and a whole range of sensual effects are possible. The feathery plush of a fur collar, the glint of light on armor, the nap of rough cloth - they could all be suggested by oil in ways that tempera couldn't quite...