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...that is the bathroom of Old Quincy D-51. Hidden away on the top floor of Old Quincy’s middle entry, D-51 doesn’t seem like the spot to stash the best bathroom on campus. But take it from one who basked in its aura for the entirety of sophomore year. D-51 has the best facilities on campus. Easily twice the size of the average freshman common room, one could comfortably install a bed inside the stall on which to lie if he or she were unable to move their bowels?...
...helped transform the Gucci Group from a $200 million purveyor of leather goods to a $3 billion luxury conglomerate--was being wooed to be creative director of cosmetics giant Este Lauder. Would Ford be hired to revive its flagging eponymous brand (which has lately developed a somewhat dowdy aura, putting a damper on sales)? The New York Post claimed that Leonard Lauder, the former chief executive and father of current CEO William, opposed the deal; that Aerin Lauder, Leonard's niece, who oversees creative aspects of the brand, such as advertising and packaging, was for it; and that this...
...aura of awesomeness,” concurs Thomas A. Laakso...
...here." And he added later, "The atmosphere is electric ... it lifts you up." Most world-class runners agree. In the long Norse summer evenings, the air at Bislett is still and cool, so that neither wind nor heat oppresses the competitors. And the frequent rain showers leave a quickening aura of freshness, almost as if there were more oxygen to be gulped down to infuse the muscles with sustained power. The track itself, a recently installed Rekortan surface, is as fast as a fine track should be, though it has no unique properties for generating speed. But the tight...
...MacPhail [the owners' representative] and Don Fehr [the players'] who put baseball back on the field." Both MacPhail and Fehr, however, give the commissioner credit for keeping them at the bargaining table. And Ueberroth conceded later, "I put myself at risk. We couldn't let a strike happen." The aura of miracle worker that enveloped Ueberroth when he turned a huge profit on the 1984 Summer Olympics may have dazzled some owners. "His presence hung over the negotiations like the ghost of Banquo," declared Baltimore Orioles Boss Edward Bennett Williams...