Word: glitteringly
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Glass used to be prized for its ornateness and glitter; today it is important for its usefulness. These contrasting exhibits, in the 100-year-old Corning Glass Works' new museum at Corning, N.Y., show how much times have changed...
Despite the glitter of her trappings, Evita leads an almost austere life. She and her husband live simply; they rarely go out at night except to official ceremonies. El Presidente has always been an early riser and hard worker; La Presidenta keeps the same pace. From time to time, they retire briefly to San Vicente, their country place, where Perón likes to put on gaucho's trousers and stroll among his dogs, ostriches and chickens. Evita knocks around in slacks and cooks an occasional omelette...
...King and I would do better with a less solemn ending. Otherwise, under John van Druten's deft staging, it is all scent and glitter, ritualized movement and high barbaric style...
Titania's close resemblance to diamonds is due to its index of refraction, i.e., its ability to bend light rays. This property makes a stone glitter. Diamond's index of refraction is extremely high: 2.42. Titania's index is higher: 2.62 to 2.90. Even more important is its "dispersion," i.e., its ability to break white light into rainbow colors. Diamond disperses light twice as much as common glass does, but titania disperses it seven times as much. So far, titania cannot be made absolutely white (many valuable diamonds are not white, either), and it will never rival...
...first batch of annual reports for 1950 came out last week. They had a 24-carat glitter...