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Dick’s aim is to capture the glories of the region on canvas, but he also falls for Doris Owen, his host’s daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Ratcliffe has so far done little to suggest he can deliver on his desire to restore a club he admitted "has become mediocre" to former glories.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

He remains a popular figure, but badly needs something more than a cool number plate to remind him of past glories.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

As Ganz archly observed, “the word for the politics that makes a pastiche of past glories to create a new type of regime is ‘fascism.'”

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2025

But to be perfectly frank, Stevens, I wasn't paying much attention to the glories of nature.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro