Word: radiant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Something Impalpable. "Just as in autumn," cries Sir Osbert Sitwell, casting his radiant glance back over the Firbank life work, "the silver cobwebs lightly cover the trees with a thin mist of impalpable beauty, so a similar . . . intangible loveliness hung over every page, while wit ran in, round, and underneath each word...
...succeed. It could powerfully stir the emotions of mil lions and leave behind it neuroses, disillusionment and bitterness ... On the other hand, it could move quietly across the land and leave in its wake lives trans formed by the power of God, illumined by sound knowledge of Christian truth, radiant in the experience of fulfillment in the Kingdom of Christ...
...French representative, he ordered De Lattre to go straight to Berlin without asking anyone's permission and to sign; De Lattre went and signed-as a witness. Then he issued one of his Napoleonic orders of the day: "The day of victory has arrived . . . victory of May, radiant victory of springtime, which gives back to our France her youth, her strength and her hope...
...outside, insulated with aluminum foil and wool. Besides picture windows and a cozy fireplace, the house has a small bedroom separated by a draw curtain from the living room. The living room can also be converted into a second bedroom. The house is heated by a system of glass-radiant heaters that plug into sockets, throw off infra-red rays which warm the body...
...face was radiant as an angel's. I said at once: 'I'll never again ask you to stay in this man's army. Your destiny is too manifest...