Word: glorious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nice picture of the Glorious Underbuilt...
...freighter is a gift from Moscow as capitalist as they come: a hydrofoil boat. If it arrives in time for the Republican Convention, Nixon will be able to rooster-tail through the waters of Biscayne Bay between his Florida home and the convention hall in true and glorious helmsman's style...
...Once eminent men have settled down somewhere, it is very difficult to lure them away. Either you develop your own young scholars or you dangle out tempting bribes to attract big names from outside. Harvard must choose its course, unless it wishes to languish like an ancient battleship, a glorious but non-functional reminder of another...
...first of these childhood heroines. I always associated her with her autobiographical creation. Jo March, eldest of the Little Women, and the two fused as a symbol of dashing individuality and creativity within the loving constraints of the family. When I was eight, I thought nothing could be more glorious than the way Louisa Mary-Jo hid herself in a garret, recording the tearful story of her family's adventures, and then secretly sold the novel to make money to give to her family. In retrospect, I realize that this picture was as deceptively rosy as the rouge...
...acquaintance with the millionaire. The two meet when the Tramp prevents the unhappy drunk from drowning himself. The grateful man pledges his eternal friendship. After putting on the patent leather shoes he had carefully removed before attempting suicide, the millionaire takes the Tramp out on a glorious so used night on the town. But when the sober light of morning comes, the suicidal friend returns to his calm, business-as-usual self. He throws out his little friend whom he does not even remember. But at strategic moments the millionaire makes an alcoholic appearance and the cycle begins again...