Word: lustrous
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...eyes that set her apart are a deep and striking blue. Endowed as well with lustrous black hair, flashing smile and a milkmaid's complexion, Luci is undeniably comely-more so than most of her photographs indicate. Not entirely by accident, the Secret Service code name for her is Venus; Lynda, more studious and serious, is Velvet; Lady Bird is Victoria...
...Part of Lyndon Baines Johnson's problem is his conviction that anything less than "All the way With L.B.J." is inadequate. His popularity is up to an impressive 70% in the polls, but his image is less than lustrous on U.S. campuses and in foreign chancelleries, and his awareness of this gnaws at him. What frustrates him even more is the steady strain of criticism from the press, whose columnists and White House reporters he has courted and cajoled but never really won. Last week the buzz rose by several decibels in the wake of an extravagantly adulatory speech...
BRAHMS: SYMPHONIES COMPLETE (Deutsche Grammophon; 4 LPs). Herbert von Karajan's greatest strength lies in the romantic repertory, and one would expect an outstanding set of performances, especially following his recent highly successful recording of the nine Beethoven symphonies. The Berlin Philharmonic sounds as lustrous as ever, and there are wonderful, broad, sensuous swells of melody. But Von Karajan too often masks structure with sonority, allows the pulse to waver and then summons portentous climaxes that turn out to be no more substantial than giant thunderheads with more noise than content...
...depth, stage lighting and evanescent flesh tones, had been attributed to a copyist. Titian's Toilet was supposedly by his son Orazio, although the supple shoulder line and illusory intermingling of the young woman's ripply tresses with her fluid sleeve reveals the artist's lustrous trademark...
...Wyler to the test the first few days by walking through a retake. Wyler fixed him with an icy eye, said, "Of course, we will have to shoot that again," and Stamp settled down to deliver his best. Samantha was another story. Wyler had been smitten by her lustrous auburn hair and green eyes, even insisted on color to capture her English glow. But her experience went no further than dramatic school, some repertory Shakespeare, and small parts in a few films. The first weeks were rough going, and it looked as if Samantha would be dropped...