Word: radiant
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...benevolent suffering in the face of rampant injustice. Luka guides some of the drifters to dream of a better life in a distant future and of helping people in the present instead of drowning in cold, hard realities. Fitzgerald's Luka is gentle and his good humor is radiant. Even with a shock of blond hair he cuts a better wizened-old man than many wizened...
...last couple years, VES courses have led Gilmore to experiment with alternatives to standard 35mm black-and-white photography, working in color and with large-format cameras. The results include spectacular close-ups of flowers and brilliantly colored vegetables, purple cabbage and an onion peel, colored in a radiant yet muted fashion...
...these days, this was not one I had longed for. To put it as politely as possible, I have no interest in kittens as a design element--or, for that matter, as kittens. From the 10 check styles pictured in miniature on yet another page--styles with names like Radiant Beginnings and Victorian Rose--it was easy to decide that I didn't want any of them. If a variety of check styles gives each of us a chance to display our personality, I would prefer to be displayed as the sort of person who doesn't use checks with...
...Michelle Yeoh, Asian stars who have made their mark on both sides of the Pacific, play wise warriors defending their lord from a mysterious invader. While Chow and Yeoh tiptoe toward the awareness that they may have little time to realize their unspoken love, a girl-woman (radiant ingenue Zhang Ziyi) teases them with her suspiciously superior martial skills and tests both their emotional and physical equilibrium...
Defenders of the beauty industry argue it is India that has just discovered its radiant masses. Urban women are spending more on looking good, signing up for aerobics, skin treatments, silicon implants and nose or jaw jobs, which occasionally end in disaster. Cable TV, especially the 24-hour fashion channel, has brought with it a dramatically different notion of dressing. Tight skirts, cocktail dresses and power suits are In, even for women used to being seen in a wispy sari. As the Indian economy prospers, there is much more income to spare on designer wear. "The quality [of contestants...