Word: halo
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...heroic degree of virtue akin to the asceticism that ancient athletes and warriors strove to perfect. And the works of a saint must be out of the ordinary, almost unique. He or she should have a charisma or aura, the kind of radiance that was classically symbolized by a halo. The life of a saint should display a certain personal serenity...
...bring him a parole or pardon She brought no silver, no pomp or style It was a halo sent down from heaven's light The sweetest gift, a mother's smile...
...Will all of you please sit down and be quiet," orders the Speaker of the Knesset, a short, round-faced man with a halo of gray, bushy hair adoring an otherwise bald head. "Have a little respect...
Mean Dean. The brilliant and aggressive chief prosecutor, James Neal, delivered a four-hour summation of the Government's complex case that may become a trial textbook classic. The Government, Neal declared, had no desire "to paint a halo" over its witnesses, but these men "have paid or are paying the penalty for their sins. They have nothing left to do but to tell the truth and start rebuilding their lives." Neal also asked the jury: "Isn't it strange that all the defendants in this case take the position that this whole massive cover-up was really...
Despite his halo of blond hair and seraphic smile, and those aphorisms he kept delivering in the movie The Little Prince, Steven Warner, 8, is a seasoned trouper. On a jaunt to Hollywood, Steven took along his bus-driver parents John and Rita Warner and his sister Mandy, 10, to enjoy his fame. In an appearance on Dinah!, he brought down the house when asked what he talked to other kids about. "The usual," he said. "My film." And when Gene Wilder, who played with Steven in Prince, protested, "This boy is just being exploited; he isn't having...