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CAUDALIE, THE 11-YEAR-OLD French skin-care line known for its grape-seed-extract antiaging formula, is expanding its offerings. The company celebrated the opening of its fourth Vinotherapie Spa in grand fashion last month in Rioja, Spain. King Juan Carlos I toured the spa alongside über-architect Frank Gehry, who designed the accompanying Marqués de Riscal Hotel as a sweeping homage to the local culture. The enormous titanium roof is sculpted in the shape of a flamenco skirt and tinged to match the pink and gold shades of vintage wine bottles...
Fresh from positive psych, the Starbucks sipper snags a double tall caramel machiatto (non-fat, sugar-free, obv) from her favorite cuttie barista. Inside her oversized Louis Vuitton, she carries parking stubs from Newbury Street, Chanel lip gloss, and her über-essential Treo. She’s careful not to spill on her Sevens or her chinchilla-trimmed fitted jacket; after all, she can’t look a mess at her 3 o’clock with Gino. He doesn’t give last-minute appointments to just anyone...
Rather, it seems that a multitude of über-competitive students refrain from studying abroad because they fear either missing out on leadership in their extracurricular of choice, or having less time to bolster their GPA (study abroad grades all transfer credit as Pass/Fail at Harvard...
...standing in the path of a new and exciting time-share, we glibly bid adieu to the sweet taste of Toscanini’s homemade ice cream and pleasant old-world-meets-new-world charm, and Gnomon Copy’s $2 per page fax price and über-convenient coursepacks. And we eagerly await the entrance of a branch of, say, TD Banknorth, the nearest location of which is inconveniently in Waltham...
...devoting fewer spots in each class to alums’ kids would free up more space for meritorious non-legacy applicants. And focusing favoritism on a few über-rich applicants would allow Harvard to maintain its revenue stream—and its research programs—and its financial aid initiatives. If we’re going to sell our soul, we should at least make sure that the devil gives us a good deal...