Word: glitteringly
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...only things missing at the Lou Reed concert this past Friday night, surprisingly enough, was glitter. In fact, the sole trace manifested itself in three heavily made-up girls clothed in black, one of whom my brother mistook for a distaff Lou Reed. Prior to the concert, I envisioned the normally lackluster interior of the Orpheum illuminated by a gilded aura; an aura emanating from the regal attire of an audience which was jaded by overtones of bi- and even transsexuality. I had almost hoped for a Cinderella-like transformation of the Orpheum into an aggrandizement of Reed's virtual...
...with the glitter of white sand, faces...
...never wanted to leave Ohio when I was ten. But my father managed to convince my family that California was the place to be. He bribed my siblings and myself with the promise of surfboards and a quick Hollywood drug store discovery which would lead to stardom and glitter. The promise, of course, was never upheld. To this day I remain a surfboardless unknown in the Hollywood scene. Still, my strongest identity ties are in California...
...about what they will take or those completely unfettered souls who want only the four courses that will most easily enable them to have a relaxing semester--time spent at the Coop is to be avoided. But for others, like myself, it rivals the darkness of bars and the glitter of movie theaters in Cambridge for excitement...
What we are witnessing in this honeymoon period is barroom journalism come to the White House. With all of the glitter and gold, pathos and drama, tragedy and comedy that have enveloped the events of the past month, the presidency has taken on a color that in the past was found only in places such as bars and brothels. The deep wrinkles of a drunkard's face, the foul language of a brawny bartender, the sad eyes of a wasted whore are replaced by the president's level gaze, by the only glimmer from the chandeliers in the inaugural hall...