Word: glowing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Somewhere along the way there must have been normal childhood terrors and chills. But in Helms' memory, any trauma is lost in the harmonious glow of oldtime, small-town pleasures. The only local recollection of something like misbehavior was a climb he made up the courthouse clock tower, which sits on George and Tillman Helms' original farmstead. But it was not a very hazardous feat. "We all did that back then," says Hinson. "There was a stepladder...
...Thai, Baltimore's new image posed an unusual challenge. Because the new National Aquarium was so well integrated into its surroundings that it "blended into the background," Thai used ten tungsten floodlights to illuminate the 157-ft. building and shot the picture at night. "We made the building glow like a huge lantern," says Thai. "When the architect saw it he was thrilled." Senior Editor Christopher Porterfield, who edited the story, recalls visiting East Baltimore Street's notorious "Block" while stationed near by in the Army in 1960-but Senior Writer Michael Demarest, who wrote the story...
...pyramidal glass roof juts proudly into the sky, 157 ft. its splash of gaily colored panels shimmers in the sun's bright glow. As architecture, the new National Aquarium in Baltimore is striking; as a scientific and educational showcase, it already ranks among the nation's best...
...things big, you couldn't do things better than the first night," says Houston Scout Chris Watson, 15. "We all marched to the amphitheater, and we were under the sky. The stars were coming out. We began talking and singing. I tell you, there was a glow all over the place, and I felt it inside me too. When I looked around and saw all those flashbulbs popping and kids taking pictures, it was like seeing fireflies all over the place. I was proud to be part of it, really proud. It's something...
...There is a swaggering style, a macho flair to O'Hare's ace controllers. In near darkness, they hunch over their radarscopes like teen-age boys playing electronic games. Their faces glow in the greenish-yellow light, as each sweep of the radar reveals a constantly changing configuration of planes. They have developed their own special mystique. They chain smoke and drink countless cups of coffee while placating their upset stomachs with chalky Maalox tablets from the big glass candy jars that are standard in every control room...