Word: aura
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tabloids gave Andy Warhol a Viking funeral last week, as well they might. At 58 he suffered cardiac arrest following gall-bladder surgery. To the end, he remained surrounded by an aura of popular fame such as no other American artist had ever known in his or her lifetime -- a flash-card recognizability that almost rivaled Picasso's. Millions of Americans who could not have picked Jasper Johns or Henri Matisse from a police lineup could identify that pale, squarish, loose-lipped face with its acne, blinking gaze and silvery...
...campaign trail. But unlike other potential candidates, Cuomo does not need to scrounge for attention; he is sure to draw crowds, and reporters will trail him like stardust wherever he goes. He has a $4.5 million war chest left over from his landslide re-election and an aura that will quickly put him on a par with Gary Hart as a Democratic front runner...
Sugrue is one of those people who exudes an aura of great athletic ability. When you watch her, you can tell she won't be second-best...
Hockey games never seemed all that complicated when I watched the Islanders on television or the Harvard team in Bright Center. Somehow, sitting high above most spectators in the Boston Garden press box lent an aura of mystery to the whole affair...
...record-breaking triumph was achieved in an aura of controversy. After Hodge's shot fell into the back of the Crimson net, Eagle players mauled Hodge. Meanwhile, McEvoy and nearly the entire Crimson bench chased after referee Ben Albert, arguing that the puck had gone into the net after the game had ended...