Word: glimmered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...realization that there is nothing Western culture can do to save the Maori from decadence and decay that they could not do better themselves. By first flinging bits of raw, unfiltered indictments of urban life at its audience, "Warriors" depresses the spirit in order to redeem it with a glimmer of hope in the end. While violence serves a dual purpose, to caress the fetish as well as to sicken the heart, it is the latter purpose Tamahori hopes will resonate most deeply with his audiences...
This has given some Massachusetts Republicans asmall glimmer of hope that they will be able toinstall one of their own in the United StatesSenate next November...
...government will almost certainly need more than its planned five years to make significant progress in reversing this historic injustice, much less bring all blacks the jobs, houses, schools and hospitals he vowed to provide a year ago. Yet the early indications of goodwill toward men are providing a glimmer of cheer for many South Africans this year...
...glimmer of history is strongest in Reardon's portrait of Waters, proprietor of the Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse. In the 60's, as part of Berkeley's student radical movement, she cooked for her fellow activists and published recipes in a leftist tabloid. She opened her restaurant in 1971. A $5 meal included main dish, wine, salad, and a showing of a Marcel Pagnol film...
That said, two of the candidates offer us a glimmer of hope. For president, we endorse Dave Hanselman. Of the four presidential candidates, Hanselman strikes us as the most mature and experienced. As his position paper and door-to-door campaigning demonstrate, he is serious about the job. He has a broad vision and a concrete platform. He is confident, charismatic and, we hope, capable...