Word: glowing
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...people of Pripyat had no way of knowing that their small Ukrainian town was dying that morning as they gazed at the ruddy glow over Chernobyl reactor No. 4 some 2 1/2 miles away. It was a bright spring Saturday, April 26, 1986. A townsman came in from sunning himself on a roof, exclaiming that he had never seen anything like it, he had turned brown in no time at all. He had what would later be known as a nuclear tan. A few hours afterward, the man was taken away in an ambulance, convulsed with uncontrollable vomiting. Soon many...
...least the slavish chronicling of consumer ephemera, has the taint of the passe. Many magazines that served as arbiters of hipness have gone out of business, including Egg, 7 Days, Smart and Fame. In the meantime, Vanity Fair thrives by sticking to cover subjects that have the rosy glow of maturity: Farrah and Ryan, Sly Stallone, Madonna. At the same time, such magazines as Workbench, Homeowner and 1001 Home Ideas are briskly building up their circulation. One of the hottest newcomers is Countryside, a Hearst glossy about the virtues of conservation, rural landscapes and life in the exurbs...
Many political analysts now think Major might call a general election in June before the glow of victory in the gulf is dimmed by Britain's recession. Inflation is coming down, and as price increases ebb, Major is reducing interest rates; last week's budget called for a further 2-point cut, to 13%. Businessmen, however, are unsure whether that is enough to produce an expected upswing by fall. Even if it does, unemployment, at a two-year high of 7% of the labor force, is expected to keep rising, perhaps to as much...
Moreover, old, prewar problems have not disappeared. "When the glow wears off, there will be exaggerations of previous difficulties," warns Dr. Paul Fink, medical director of the Philadelphia Psychiatric Center. "If the marriage was not too good before, the return could precipitate the disruption of the marriage." And even a solid marriage may need to be handled with care. "Re-establishing sexual intimacy can be like going through courtship again," says Falk...
...pressed to hold back the crush of tourism. During the peak summer months, 7,000 visitors a day transform Yosemite Valley into an urbanized village of noisy bumper-to-bumper traffic and bicycle jams. To many nature lovers, the land that pioneering preservationist John Muir extolled for its "spiritual glow" and "sublime mountain beauty" has already been irreversibly damaged...