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Word: glorious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pirate King's celebrated solo ("...and it is, it is a glorious thing to be a pirate king!"), O'Neill deals out another wild-card. The king sings his first two choruses gesturing nobly with his broadsword, hoisting it into the air, as pirate kings always...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Prudence at Penzance | 12/8/1981 | See Source »

...stage is simple, open, bright-unusual for the generally gloomy Loeb. The lighting is all done in bright pastels, the costumes a glorious grab-bag of chiffon and satin that fluff and swirl with every movement. There's little hint given of time or place; the backdrop consists of neutral sheets of off-white canvas, allowing the colorful figures to stand even more distinctly. No curtain cuts off the view. Instead, a soaring contraption of cheesecloth strips covers without concealing. What minimal scenery the stage holds gradually disappears, leaving the set empty for the final two farces, free...

Author: By John KENT Walker, | Title: Tour de Farce | 12/4/1981 | See Source »

Come on, chaps, fight for Harvard's glorious name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Lehrer Sampler | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

After going three years without posting anything on the scoreboard, Lowell quarterback Harlan Levine eluded a Dunster-Mather defense and slipped into the endzone for six glorious points...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Bellboys Score TD; Q-World Victorious | 11/6/1981 | See Source »

...Agincourt, and I doubt that there is anyone in the room who doesn't know all about the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. But I suspect that only a handful of you have even heard the name of what I believe is the most important-and glorious-victory in our nation's history: the Battle of Yorktown in October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Yorktown: If the British Had Won | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

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