Word: glamorous
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These trips of inward discovery take on apatina of glamor at Harvard, not in the leastbecause students here are much more taken in bythe "Harvard myth" than they would like tobelieve. To freak out in Cambridge is not just tofreak out, it is to freak outsignificantly. Perhaps it's just because Ilike writing that the Harvard-consciousness is sostrong, but I don't think so. I always have thesneaking feeling that I am living out someoneelse's Harvard novel or memoir, or that friendsthink they are somehow acting out the script tothe play of the human condition...
...work of history, Whelan's account of Robert Capa's life serves admirably, but we feel vaguely cheated by the end. Where is the spice, the variety and glamor which we feel stayed with this man every day of his life? Those who haven't heard Capa legends will just have to go to the photo offices of major newspapers around the world and get them first-hand
...protesters to maintain their vigil until they tired of the tedium. Without the threat of an impending clash or the excitement of a landmark legal case, the protesters' initial euphoria would quickly wear off. The endless speeches and slogans would become tiresome; the urban bivouac would lose its glamor. The demonstrators numbers would slowly dwindle until the most stalwart holdouts finally returned to their dorms...
...transition from glamor and glory to gore and guts is never an easy one. It's tough for a football player accustomed to the spotlight to move into a role with less prestige and recognition...
...Colo.) in the spring primaries, the time has come not only to support Fritz Mondale, but to support him with open arms. There is no excuse to hide behind the traditional criticisms of Mondale--he's boring, backward-looking, etc.--because, as Sunday's debate showed, the perception of glamor and excitement is about as deep as the celluloid it's projected on and does not stand up to a strong dose of reality...