Anyone brave enough to kill off that behemoth would reveal the Proms in all their glory: excellent programming, diverse live audiences and a huge national following on radio and TV.
Compared even with its poorer neighbours, Bangladesh and Nepal, India's social record is unusually grim .An Uncertain Glory", an excellent but unsettling new book by two of India's best-known development economists, Amartya Sen and Jean Drèze, sets out how and why this is so.
Slices of grilled loin, whose slightly charred edges impart a bitterness to offset the impossibly rich meat, are an excellent introduction to mangalitsa's glories (the hunk of crisp potato cake, layered with sheep's milk cheese, doesn't hurt either).
Guthrie's book Bound for Glory could make an excellent campaign tagline, and Cyrus' Achey Breaky Heart just begs to be played in commercials smearing opponents.
This disc will provide an excellent entry into the work's glories for those not yet familiar with them and a nice alternative for those who are.
This excellent vocal ensemble, specializing in the glories of polyphonic music from the Renaissance, devotes an entire program to one of the greatest masters, Guillaume Dufay.
I'm old enough to remember Atlantic City in its glory -- fine hotels, great shops, excellent restaurants.
Though I am really enjoying watching Stephen's journey from servile footman to would-be king, Ariyon Bakare doing an excellent job of portraying a man torn between glory and duty.
Without wishing to sound like a football fan harking back to the glory days of 1966, Princess Diana had an excellent approach to patronage.
We bathed in reflected glory when friends praised our children's excellent table manners--nothing to do with us, of course.
