glim
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There, laid out on a table, surrounded by male doctors and police officers, “She was treated like a piece of meat. It was horrible,” explained a friend, Diane Truppi Glim.
Named for the white patches on his gray body, the long, slow slide of the whale’s back was a glim in the sun as he made leisurely dives, arcing across the water.
From Seattle Times
“Lyra, run forrard and dowse that glim,” said Brabandt, easing the throttle back and reaching out with his other hand for the stern light.
From Slate
Billed simply as Massive Attack v Adam Curtis, in the manner of an old school reggae or hip-hop sound system clash, the multimedia performance, which Curtis calls a "glim" – a cross between a gig and a film – will elaborate on these arguments, both conceptually and in terms of the narrative arc of his latest film.
From The Guardian
If all this sounds like a tall order even for a "glim", one senses that Curtis thrives on this sort of challenge and that he has infected Massive Attack's mainman, Robert "3D" Del Naja, with his boundless enthusiasm and the sheer audacity of his vision.
From The Guardian
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