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Waller's neighbor, Joseph P. Weidle '99, lives in a less shocking but equally impressive version of the libido lair. Again, the bed is the centerpiece of the room, but here the pallet conjures up the aura of an Arabian harem. Paisley print canopies billow across the bed frame and ceiling, dimming the light to a romantic incandescence. Lava lamps rest mounted from the bed frame and a teddy bear reclines near the pillows while the ubiquitous mirror paneling covers the adjacent walls. "It's so comfortable, I can't get out of bed," Weidle comments...
...32nd minute,when junior Chinezi Chijioke was pulled downinside the goalkeeper's box by an overzealousdefender. On the ensuing penalty kick, juniorArmando Petruccelli beat Dartmouth's goalkeeper,6'4" Matt Nyman, to the top left corner to eventhe score. The goal brought the sullen crowd backto life, changing the aura of the crowd to hopefor a Crimson victory...
...acrimony did not dilute the aura surrounding their final debate, held in one of the founding chambers of American democracy...
...long-term implication of Quantum's restructuring may be the dimming of the billionaire financier's aura: "Soros was viewed with awe because he appeared to have the Midas touch," says Baumohl. "Now he seems distinctly mortal...
...aura clinging to the rafters of the Tigers' digs Saturday afternoon wasn't just new-stadium smell--it was the heady aroma of old money. Or better yet, of old white men with money...