Word: glittering
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...conform. I stood up for what I believed. I'M AN OUTSIDER, AND IN MY OWN SMALL WAY I'M TRYING TO DO SOMETHING.' No one ever accused DeLorean of lacking hubris. But from all the evidence, his life has been less devoted to piety than to speed and glitter. 'I live on adrenaline,' DeLorean said flatly 13 years ago, when he was a golden boy at General Motors ... A few months ago, just when the FBI says he began planning his drug-dealing scheme in earnest, DeLorean told a group of sports car dealers: 'We will do anything...
...behaves "somewhat flippantly," said a U.S. Navy doctor. He is "rather immature," reported a U.S. Air Force psychiatrist. "He took delight in being the center of attention. He was grabbing for the glitter and gusto...
...next morning, hundreds of people lined the beach-side venue, from cheerleaders with giant hair bows to competing dancers with heavy glitter on their eyes...
...muted orange wall facing the gallery’s entrance is a work by a contemporary Japanese artist, Monita Shiryu. It is a black lacquered panel covered by wispy yellow brushstrokes, shining with gold glitter. In another setting, this work would not seem to resemble calligraphy, but in this context the influence is clear. The panel, at once familiar and foreign, contemporary and historical, piques visitors’ interest and draws them into the show...
Kind of like the Hasty Pudding itself. The veneer of camp belies the hard work that 57 undergraduates put in to perfect their garush glitter. The Pudding members mock celebrity, but they also worship it, promote it, and feed off of it. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ (HPT) show and the Woman of the Year ceremony are themselves a mix of kitsch and professionalism, heartfelt productions hidden by makeup. It started as a joke, but today, the Pudding is anything...