Word: glossed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...true what they say about Dixie?/Does the sun really shine all the time?" The lyrics of the old song have been given a cruel gloss by the pitiless two-week-old heat wave that has baked the life out of the Southeast. Ten days of sauna-like temperatures of 100 degrees or more have exacerbated four months of drought, perhaps the worst dry spell in the region's history. So far, 15 people have died of heat prostration. Peanuts, hay and cotton have shriveled; the agricultural loss in Georgia is already estimated at $140 million. In North Carolina, some...
...Statue quietly celebrated it's 50th anniversary. No fireworks, no high gloss hoopla. There wasn't much to celebrate really, 1936 not being a banner year for world liberty. The birthday was tactfully forgotten...
Privately, many lower- and middle-level U.S. diplomats were outraged by what they considered gross abuses of the democratic process by Marcos supporters. But on Monday, Deputy State Department Spokesman Charles Redman tried to put a conciliatory gloss on the tumultuous balloting process. Whoever was eventually declared the winner, he said, the U.S. hoped that "the two sides can get together to avoid violence." President Reagan struck almost the same note that day in a White House meeting with a group of regional U.S. newspaper editors. While noting that he was "concerned" about reports of election fraud, Reagan declared that...
Reaction to word of Rosen's departure brought tears to the eyes of most observers seen by The Crimson yesterday. In interviews, nearly 35 top officials offered variations on the words "no comment" in response to questions about how much of a gloss Rosen has put on their careers...
...both sides gloss over the underlying question: whether the presidential debates are worth perpetuating, or what they really prove...