Word: luster
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actresses but damn few movie stars and that she is one of the rare modern avatars of the grand old radiance," says TIME's Richard Corliss. "Acting is easy, glamour is hard." But Stone wants more than to make sin chic. To increase her stature, she must diminish her luster. And so she has chosen the sort of caged-woman melodrama?but with a message -->
...Vegas Strip just lost some of its luster. After a number of close calls, including an October 30 incident in which a co-pilot had to take the controls from a temporarily blinded pilot, the Food and Drug Administration has ordered Las Vegas casinos to shut down their nightly laser light shows over the city. The FDA, which regulates lasers because of their use as medical devices, made the order in response to complaints from pilots who have been momentarily blinded as light beams flash through their cockpits. The problem has accelerated in the past two years as a number...
...luster of the revolution and of the fighters who won it nearly a half-century ago is fading away, so the claimants to power in China need a new source of legitimacy. That makes a strong economy absolutely essential. But how can the market freedoms that are the basis for prosperity be reconciled with central political control? A search is beginning for a process in which China's people can have some say in public affairs and see some evidence that their leaders respect them. It is a commonplace that all-powerful, charismatic Mao and Deng were in the tradition...
Coming off a disappointing 0-4 performance at the Air Force Academy Invitational last weekend and a lack-luster win over M.I.T. Wednesday, the Harvard men's water polo team was looking for something to lift its spirits this weekend at the Eastern League Tournament, which was hosted by Fordham...
...very fortunate to be able to bring Daniel Halperin to our faculty," Clark said in a statement. "He is an outstanding teacher of taxation and adds additional luster to an already outstanding faculty...