Word: aura
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Opinion polls show that most Americans are happy with Clinton's leadership but don't trust him. If the ongoing investigation develops accusations against other members of the administration, the "untrustworthy" aura could spread. While Democratic spin doctors would like to project the donkeys as a party of smart leadership that happens to have an immoral leader, it could come off as an immoral party that happens to have a smart leader...
...What the graduate board did not foresee was the side effect of the change. One of the biggest complaints about the club has always been its perceived elitism. With the shift from parties to lunches, some members complain that the club has created an even greater aura of exclusivity. "People would say, 'Whatever. It's kind of elitist and snobby, but at least there's free alcohol.' Now people can't even say that anymore," says one member, who requested anonymity...
...swingin' graduation activities. "There's a flavor to it," says Catherine L. McLaughlin, deputy director of the IOP. "That's why we didn't change it. We want to maintain the feeling of a dorm room." Vivian M. Song '02, modern-day inhabitant of F entryway, acknowledges the positive aura of the room, but, as an advocate of progress, regards it as "A little shabby. I would have done a little more work with it, especially in the bedroom...
...passion and, with the help of some local rhythmical talents, this self-proclaimed "Do It Yourself" band produced their first album, entitled "Two Stories." For their CD release celebration, North House held a couple gigs--one at Wellesley and one at Harvard. Attempting to spice up the already wild aura of Hanover, New Hampshire, the two also played local taverns at Dartmouth one summer...
Then there is the elitist aura that the ghosts of Harvard past cast over the University as a whole--abandon all humility, ye who enter here. There is a history of exclusivity that has permeated all aspects of campus life, so that even those who rail upon the traditional target, final clubs, often do so from the safety of groups which require an approval process that is ultimately no less capricious. How much of a difference is there between proving that you're good at hobnobbing than proving to a group like the Lampoon--a semi-secret Sorrento Square social...