Word: impressing
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...countries are clustered in exhibition pavilions. Up for grabs is a Golden Lion award for best national presentation, but even more sought after in Venice is cultural kudos. During Vernissage, the official preview before the Biennale opens to the public on June 12, countries have only three days to impress the world. While Australia has enjoyed its own pavilion since 1954 and New Zealand (now at its third Biennale) shows off-site, the two countries have much in common. Under the shadow of the G8 nations that dominate the Giardini, both have to rely on marketing campaigns every...
...revamped wharf district of Woolloomooloo - have become home to a plethora of fashionable new dining options. Older suburbs have also benefited from a new wave of establishments providing what Australian restaurateurs are fast winning an international reputation for: fantastically fresh food prepared with a cosmopolitan twist. Heading Down Under? Impress clients or friends by making reservations at any of these restaurants du jour: CHERRIJAM The chandelier-lit, Moroccan-style interior of this bar and supper club, tel: (61-2) 9363 0555, makes it good for intimate get-togethers and flamboyant parties alike, while the Double Bay location attracts Sydney...
Stripping for a crowd of 30 freshmen at a Hollis birthday party last year, Nick, a sophomore, dressed to impress: a white wifebeater with the words “Porn Star,” jeans, and a “man thong,” all topped off with a pair of pink and white bunny ears. The Eliot resident—who asked to be referenced by his first name only to preserve a “pretense of anonymity”—didn’t stop at shedding his clothes that night, either...
...make up that much business except during fraternity rush season. And even then, college students tip less, according to the women. That segment of business comes from campuses like MIT, Tufts, Bentley, Boston University, and even Wellesley. Providing just eight or ten jobs a year, Harvard does not impress John with either its name or its money...
...only been able to address tangentially. And even within one’s own concentration, contact with senior faculty is rare and not as frequent as one might hope. When it occurs, exchanges are often marked by formality and the seeming need, on part of the student, to impress the professor. Some faculty members, such as Kemper Professor of History James T. Kloppenberg, complain that students only come to speak to them with something clever to say, and never simply for clarification or to ask for help...