nonglamorous

"This is the nonglamorous stuff - but it's absolutely come to the fore," he said.

A real morality play in a gritty, nonglamorous Middle Western city."

Break down this decidedly nonglamorous aspect of the game and it is yet another example of how closely the two teams are matched.

Nevertheless, it is, like mustard on a hot dog or garlic in a tomato sauce, a nonglamorous but integral part of many dishes.

Readers are overwhelmingly supportive of Blair's openness regarding the nonglamorous side of being a new mommy.

His partner, John Ives, while equally credentialed, prefers the quiet, nonglamorous aspects of the practice.

She was the atypical star, the "nonglamorous human being", as her genuine style of acting became a "rejection of glamour".

She covers nonglamorous fundamentals like pots and pans, the chemistry of basic ingredients and the fine points of the cooking techniques that chefs must master.

Part of her goal, she says, was to avoid obviously service-oriented businesses like fancy hotels and department stores and to look at a sector that's "really nonglamorous."

"It's the most nonglamorous thing and people think it's so glamorous," said Julie Gilhart, the creative director of Barneys New York.

"The center must be commended for doing the nitty-gritty, nonglamorous reference work upon which so much analysis depends," said Philip Zelikow, a former White House official who directs the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

"It is a very nonglamorous disease, not something you want to talk about," he said adding that there are an estimated two million Americans afflicted with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis - collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease because the symptoms and complications are similar.

Now that Tim Thomas has made fans forget about Keith Van Horn, one can only imagine what Stephon Marbury, Houston and Thomas, plus a rugged, if nonglamorous, frontcourt and a deep bench could do in the Eastern Conference.