Word: shone
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...shouts, songs, yells, and roars, this writer was able to make out the following word: “Roxanna.”Ollie rose, tipped his battered hat in the general vicinity of everyone, and walked quickly out the door. The Stable Boy remained at the table. The lamp shone hotly on his perfect face...
...honor of the Superheroes Dance—an event held last Friday night to raise money for cancer research—the Bat Signal shone on Lowell Bell Tower. From 10 p.m. until 2 a.m., dancing, student group performances, and gourmet cupcakes filled Lowell Dining Hall. The event, organized by Matthew Bird ’10, Heidi L. Hirschl ’10, and Ethel D. Bressman ’10, featured The Harvard University Drummers and EXP, the traveling members of Expressions. Their goals were simple: raise money for cancer, give student groups an outlet to perform, and show...
...improved much in decades. They've also spurred some twisted behavior. In a vivid, detailed account of the "blood-soaked disaster" that was the American Rocketbelt Corporation, Montandon reveals the underbelly of this single-minded quest. Brawls and lawsuits over "Pretty Bird" - a "cherry red" belt whose "silver tanks shone so brightly you could comb your hair in their reflection" - spiral into a sordid tale of murder, kidnapping and torture. After being sentenced to life imprisonment, one of the perpetrators, Larry Stanley - "paunchy, graying, defeated, and washed-up at fifty-seven" - tallies the price of his dream: "My search...
...from the year that Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army, Nikita Khrushchev and General Charles De Gaulle became heads of state, NASA began its quest to put a man on the moon, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Dr. Zhivago topped bestseller lists, Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor shone in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and the Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., integrated for the first time. The exhibit also includes works by Andy Warhol from the period as well as photographs by the artist duo McDermott and McGough taking a look at teenage life...
...what she could endorse, so in 2005, she announced her first contemporary pick in three years with A Million Little Pieces, James Frey's presumed memoir of addiction and recovery. Pieces sales skyrocketed, and while the attention undoubtedly padded Frey's pockets and those of his publishers, it also shone enough light on the controversial book that the author was forced to admit he had embellished and even made up some of its most compelling passages. Hell hath no fury, of course, like a TV megacelebrity scorned, and while Winfrey initially said she stood by Frey, she took the stage...