Even President Bush, a naturally bubbly guy, with glints of the old Reagan charm, appears defeated these days.

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Romance glints from the little that is known about Elizabeth Kortright's early life.

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There are glints of light, indications it is getting a little better.

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But steely determination that propelled Niemeyer from her garage atelier to the summit of the Brazilian fashion industry still glints in her grey eyes.

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The film's attraction (such as it is) isn't found in story, but in decoration: the blue-filtered chiaroscuro and etch-y comic book compositions, how the snow glints under the streetlights.

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But, as his footfalls shook dust streams from the ceiling, the lamination would dwindle to gossamer cross-hatching, to a golden web, to a few glowing strands, to winking glints, and then, finally, to only the possibility of light.

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The gold glints in the sun.

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