Word: glow
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...only this stuff had been around in the disco era. Luminex is a new kind of fabric that glows--literally. It's not shiny, it's not glow in the dark; it actually gives off its own light. Designers took tiny, flexible optical fibers developed for high-energy physics experiments and wove them into ordinary fabric. Power comes from an ordinary battery sewn into the cloth. Luminex is being used in stage costumes, handbags and curtains as well as clothing. The makers are even talking about adding smart chips to the fabric that could make it glow in flashing patterns...
...think in the burnished light of retrospect they’ve taken on this lovely nostalgic glow,” Zwick says of his college years, “whereas in the middle of them they were convulsive, tortured, gleeful, lonely and delicious, and every other combination of feelings that you might have between the ages of 18 and 21. They were all that they needed to be,” he says...
...emotional evening—of glow-sticks, off-key sing-alongs and the endearing antics of Tevye the Milkman. Tears indeed...
...Chaim,” moviegoers belted out the lyrics, with help from subtitles, to all their favorite songs. It wasn’t just a vocal talent showcase, however. Everyone in the audience also got props, a la Rocky Horror Picture Show audience participation. Highlights included a glow-stick to wave during “The Sabbath Prayer” and “Sunrise, Sunset,” and bubbles to blow during the wedding scene. During “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” a song Tevye’s daughters sing pining for an eligible bachelor, audience...
...artificial limb, the other half learning to live with it. The pain is decreased by the presence of family members, many of whom can live on Walter Reed's 147-acre campus. Although the soldiers relish stop-bys from stars like Bruce Willis and Jennifer Love Hewitt, they glow when speaking of getting their Purple Hearts from President Bush. "Laura and I are here to thank the brave souls who got wounded in the war on terror," Bush said in the hospital lobby this past Sept...