Word: glimmering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stewart hasn't the glimmer of an idea how men feel when their world is suddenly snuffed out, but he does make some good guesses about how they exist. The dynamos run down, the reservoirs run dry, the cigarettes go flat and the canned goods lose their flavor, yet The Tribe cannot find the patience or the seed to keep a garden, nor the wit to catch a cow. The children scarcely learn to read, and soon begin to think of the vanished Americans as a race of gods...
...more phase in the struggle between the friends of James Michael Curley and the opponents of James Michael Curley. In trying to strengthen his hold on the city, the Mayor has made some enemies, some in his own party, many more among the independent vote. The opposition got a glimmer of hope last year when the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a bill enabling Boston to take advantage of the Uniform Charter Act, which allows a city to choose between five types of city charter if the citizens want a revision. Curley's opponents were aware that any change...
...Russia. Undoubtedly it is wise to move carefully--to study Stalin's statement thoroughly, in terms of both its phrasing and its timing. But this study should be to determine the nature of the negotiations, not whether they ought to be attempted. So long as there is the slightest glimmer of a possibility that the Russians may be seriously interested in casing the present tension, then they should be given a chance to do so. And certainly such a glimmer exists, at the very least. So let us find out just what Stalin has in mind. Let us launch...
...Social Sciences aren't complex; only their terminology is confusing. The cards have been shuffled and there is a glimmer of hope that general principles will soon appear," he said...
There was little to do after that. On Sunday, at the closing session, Gailmor in stentorian tones intoned the platform text to the delegates. Several innocuous amendments were offered and voted upon. A faint glimmer of opposition and dissatisfaction, smoldering among some delegates, flickered on the floor...