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...What is clear is that for most Australians, John Howard, with his now unchallenged aura of solidity and reliability, and his modest fourth-term agenda - addressing Australia's skills shortage was his first-stated goal in his last campaign address - is the man for the times. "The Australian people have given their answer," he told the crowd on Saturday night. "We thank them for that and we start work immediately to justify and fulfill the trust that they have given to all of us today." At 7:45 the next morning, he was back on the streets of Kirribilli, near...
...more imposing than I really am by curling up into a fetal position and pulling the hood of my jacket over my head, thereby hiding my lanky frame and boyish face while I slept. Yet beneath the heavy green fabric of my Abercrombie sweatshirt, I must have exuded an aura of accessibility, for, despite my best efforts, I proved unable to shake my innocuous but unwanted interlocutors...
...reproduce slowly, making them especially vulnerable to these threats. The World Wildlife Federation has named them one of the 10 species most likely to become extinct. The aquarium hopes that exposing the public to a live great white will educate and inspire conservation. "Great whites have a different aura," says Randy Kochevar, Monterey Bay Aquarium's science communication manager. "People are awestruck. When they see her, they understand." --By Susan Casey
...writer-director is sprawled over a chair in the eighth floor suite of a luxury Boston hotel. Casually dressed in a navy blazer and rumpled white shirt, hands clasped behind his head and feet propped up on a coffee table, he exudes an aura of sangfroid that is infectious...
When you received your crimson-inked acceptance letter and checked yes on the prepaid postcard, you relinquished your right to be modest about your college, at least to people who would kill to trade lives with you. The aura surrounding Harvard students throughout the world is yours to wield as you please. This aura will grant you instant respect from Aachen to Zanzibar. Wield it wisely, and don’t ruin it for others. Downplaying your Harvard credentials anywhere in the world will only reduce Harvard’s prestige and ruin any respect you’ve built...