glory = 'awesome horror'

[Jonathan Lighter]

http://www.livescience.com/22855-paleo-art-dinosaurs.html

"[Illustrator] Robert Nicholls captures dinosaur death in all its glory."

OED 8, "a state of exaltation and splendour" doesn't cut it.

Maybe there needs to be a special def. of "in all (one's) glory" : 'at
one's most impressive.'

JL



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