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...following a two-year, $102 million conversion, the building has been restored to its splendor and reborn as a five-star hotel. Designers cleverly converted a former cashiers' hall into a light and airy ballroom that features the original 19th century glazed roof. Underground, they created a luxurious spa by transforming the bank's jewel vault into a spectacularly lit 66-ft. (20 m) swimming pool and recasting a massive steel-and-copper money vault as a manicure parlor. (See 10 things to do in Rome...
...maybe mistakenly showed up for an intramural volleyball game, you might have been surprised to find hundreds of high heeled women in flashy makeup and men dressed to the nines, instead of a few sweaty students in gym shorts. Why this dramatic change in scenery? The 18th Annual Harvard Ballroom Invitational, which converted the fourth floor of the Malkin Athletic Center into a sea of sequins and bright colors as dancers from all over the country took to the gymnasium floor. According to Masha Maystrovskaya ’11, the Harvard team’s captain, the competition takes place...
...Ballroom Dance Team and Dorm Crew
...campaign to enshrine Muslim women's rights within an Islamic framework. "We are here because we believe that Islam upholds the principles of equality and justice," said Musawah's project director Zainah Anwar, in her opening speech at the gala "Feast of Equals," held in a ballroom in a five-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur. "We are here because we believe that there is hope and possibility to reconcile the teachings of Islam with human rights, with women's rights, with democracy...
...innocence. McLean envisioned that last Buddy Holly concert in Clear Lakes, Iowa: teenagers in pink carnations and pick-up trucks, dancing and falling in love and dancing some more. The snow fell silently outside as the country teetered on the brink of the 1960s; no one in the ballroom had any idea what would happen next...