Young Bill Wilson had vowed never to touch liquor because it had been problematic for his forebears, but when someone placed a cocktail in his hand at a spiffy social gathering in 1917, his inhibitions and sense of social inadequacy gave way to a rosy glow of self-confidence.
At the start of an Australian Open which he does not expect to win, there is still a glow of self-confidence about Andy Murray.
When you believe these things about yourself, others will recognize that glow of self-confidence and begin confirming your self-affirmations in no time!
Though you treat them as individuals according to academic needs and skills, each one needs to feel the warm glow of inspiring confidence that you will show for her or him.
Now the Singapore debate is heated, with a stream of commentary from students, faculty and alumni — including, this week, a glowing vote of confidence in a sophisticated model of education blending East and West by Fareed Zakaria, a Yale trustee, and a blistering attack calling Yale's plan "poorly informed, reckless and sultanistic" by Michael Montesano, an alumnus in Singapore.
Ms. Jibson, who is 19, combines the nubile glow of adolescence with the confidence of an old pro.
And Carly Jibson, as the boundary-breaking Tracy Turnblad, and Jennifer Gambatese, as her nerdy best friend, combine the hormonal glow of adolescence with the confidence of old pros.
A glow of Southern warmth along with the confidence of a traditional beauty queen infuse everything she sings in much the same way that a welcoming aura of Southern hospitality enables Barbara Cook (who is from Atlanta) to warm up even the chilliest Sondheim meditation on love and death.
That sense of confidence radiates through the slow movement, a languidly beautiful pastoral piece in D major, coloured by the soft-focus glow of muted strings, which creates a nocturnal world of expressive and even erotic pleasure.
