Word: glows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...films. Rather, he reminds us of a traditional American style of screen heroism-a moral man slow to rile but wonderfully skilled when he must finally enforce his conception of right and wrong. In these moments, he links us pleasingly, satisfyingly with our movie pasts, rekindles briefly a dying glow. Richard Schickel
...talking about the Bicentennial spirit, its glow lingering all week in the presidential corridors, bubbling up every few hours in the Oval Office itself...
...prophesies, it is likely that "when all cities shall have long been dead and crumbled into dust, and all life shall be on the very last verge of extinction on this globe; then, on a bit of lichen ... shall be seated a tiny insect, preening its antennae in the glow of the worn-out sun, representing the sole survival of animal life on this earth?a melancholy 'bug.' " By then, of course, man may have moved on to other worlds, friendlier solar systems. But the stowaways will have gone along...
...newly elected legislature assemble for the first time on July 5, it will be something of a neck-craning social event, as well as a political jamboree of uncertain result. Several of Parliament's 378 new members are in fact well-known faces who will add a glow of celebrity to the legislatures. From Turin, for instance, comes Count Luigi Rossi di Montelra, Christian Democrat Deputy and vermouth empire executive (Martini & Rossi), who was kidnaped three years ago; the Count won public accolades for the exemplary stoicism he displayed during the 120-day ordeal. A Rome constituency elected Fiat...
...ceremonial reading of the Declaration of Independence this week was accompanied by a triple volley of musketry and ended with a loud chorus of student cheers. All three stories of Nassau Hall were grandly illuminated for the occasion, with tallow dips in every window casting a glow that could be seen for miles around. The students' pride in the occasion was undoubtedly enhanced by the knowledge that their own president, the Reverend John Witherspoon, took part in the congressional deliberations last week. He forcefully told wavering delegates that the country is, in his words, "not only ripe...