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What accounts for the revival of convertibles? Automakers seem to have rediscovered a couple of old maxims about the sexy beasts: they can be profit machines, and they drive showroom traffic, bathing an otherwise humdrum line of sedans with an aura of cool. Honda's S2000, for example, is a curvaceous hot rod that's a hit with critics and customers. Honda limits supply to maintain overheated demand, so you can forget about a rebate. But volume isn't the point. Says spokesman Andy Boyd: "We want people to think Honda is about cars that are sporty...
...efficient Guangzhou fashion, the postrevolution name change to the Victory Hotel glorified the communists while requiring a minimum of new letters. After the Second Opium War, Shamian became a foreign concession in 1860, and its pedestrian-friendly streets are lined by former consulates and trading offices that lend an aura of faded grandeur. If most of Guangzhou marches at triple time, gentrified Shamian ambles, stopping at bright, breezy caf? like Lucy's at 5 Shamian Nan Jie, tel: (86-20) 8187-4106, and the Rose Garden at 2 Shamian Nan Jie, tel: (86-20) 8192-2808, that linger...
Heimer says the intellectual aura of the Harvard community that surrounded her childhood seems much more impressive today than when she was eight. “I wish I could say that my strongest memories of childhood consist of meeting the great luminaries of Harvard and basking in their wisdom,” she says. “I suppose there was some of that, but mostly I remember horsing around with my brother in the elevator…and trying to trap him in the basement…and of course I remember that the dining hall food...
...harder sound after a few songs. These were rock ballads with titles like “I Love You” and “Our Song.” He followed with a Dylan tune perfectly preserved in its translation into Hebrew. Geffen truly captures the aura of the ’60s folk-rocker...
...custody of their three children. Commentators speculated whether the rift might affect Jordan's image and endorsement deals and how much of his estimated $400 million fortune he would have to hand over. Now commentators are wondering whether true love has ruled the day or Jordan feared harming his aura and side deals and handing over half his net worth...