Word: esther
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...woman born Josephine Esther Mentzer didn't put too much thought into acquiring the more glamorous name under which she became famous. Est?e was her nickname as a girl; she married into Lauder. But she struggled mightily to travel from her parents' apartment above the family hardware store in Queens to presiding over a global cosmetics company. The daughter of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, she was enthralled by beauty and glamour, and her talent lay in convincing other women she could help them attain it. In the 1930s, with a face cream her uncle, a chemist, brewed...
...With reporting by Esther Chapman/Omaha, Avery Holton/Austin, Kathleen Johnston/Indianapolis and Constance E. Richards/Asheville
...professionals for big-bucks giving down the line. Members often prefer start-up projects or edgy endeavors--as in Greensboro, N.C., where they funded gay bingo and a wireless-access corridor. Some groups even include networking (and romancing) amid the altruism--a decent return on a worthy investment. --By Esther Chapman...
...We’d also like to imbue future leaders with environmental awareness,” said former Quincy House Resource Efficiency Program (REP) representative Esther Y. Tian...
...Crimson’s editorial chair and Atlantic Monthly National Correspondent James M. Fallows ’70 was its president. Slate.com founder and former New Republic editor Michael E. Kinsley ’72 was The Crimson’s vice president, and technology maven Esther Dyson ’72 an active Crimson editor and a friend of Carlson?...