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...aura of Harvard's architecture department silenced many doubters of these bare and square designs. The GSD was the ideal platform for the polemically inclined Gropius to promote the ideals of the Bauhaus. As it has done in many other fields, Harvard provided the official stamp of approval that helped make a revolutionary doctrine palatable to conservative American tastes...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: America's Tower of Architectural Power | 9/18/1986 | See Source »

...inexplicable aura pervades Harvard, an aura felt by the students currently enrolled in the College and by the alumni who return to the stomping ground of their youth. "Right around finals time there's a really neat feeling," Salinas says. "You go to Widener Library and think, `Wow, this is Harvard...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Harvard Life | 9/18/1986 | See Source »

...inexplicable aura pervades Harvard, an aura felt by the students currently enrolled in the College and by the alumni who return to the stomping ground of their youth. "Right around finals time there's a really neat feeling," Salinas says. "You go to Widener Library and think, `Wow, this is Harvard...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Harvard Life and how to live it | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...aura of Harvard's architecture department silenced many doubters of these bare and square designs. The GSD was the ideal platform for the polemically inclined Gropius to promote the ideals of the Bauhaus. As it has done in many other fields, Harvard provided the official stamp of approval that helped make a revolutionary doctrine palatable to conservative American tastes...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: America's Tower of Architectural Power | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

...natural successor to Bill Blass and John Weitz, the first generation of U.S. celebrity designers. Lauren's chief rival, as coincidence would have it, comes from the same Bronx neighborhood. He is Calvin Klein, who has crafted an image of sizzling sexiness as singular as Lauren's aura of rich romance. But Lauren has kept ahead of his onetime neighbor in both popular and negotiable currency: Lauren's total sales are estimated to be one-quarter larger than Klein's. Overall, the U.S. champion money spinner appears to be Designer Liz Claiborne (estimated 1986 sales: $1.8 billion), whose company sells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

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