Word: glittering
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...wear a red rose in his jacket . . . and a love-knot of red ribbon when flowers were out of season. His soft, fawn-colored hat was looped up on the right with a gold star, and adorned with a curling ostrich feather. ... He went conspicuous, all gold and glitter, in the front of great battles and in a hundred little cavalry fights which killed men just as dead as Gettysburg...
Last week Mayor Walker spoke mournfully of his mayoralty. He said: "All the glory is gone, all the glitter is off. It is just a hard job, and somebody else ought to have...
Heads Up (Paramount). Heads Up has much glitter and is well put together; the main reason for its dullness is that the central role is serious. This role is played with his usual professional boyishness by goo-goo-eyed Charles ("Buddy") Rogers...
...once again gathers her brood about the maternal nest. With all the tradition and pomp accumulated through the centuries of a glorious past, the graduates old and new congregate to celebrate once again those four years of glowing life that Harvard has given to them. And all of the glitter and festivity, in spite of the fact that it is merely a passing show, reflects the spirit of appreciation that exists in those men whose true education began here...
There have been days when the prophet of happy-go-lucky education drew up his program with a glitter in his eye. Sometimes lectures seem just made for the faithful and even for a smattering of Philistines. But no such small-fry to-day. For once the call goes out to all Harvard men alike; there's no need for special interests to lure the elect when Professor Morison talks at ten this morning in Harvard 2 on "The Founding of Harvard College...