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...Both the universities add enormous luster to the city and it would be a completely different city without them," he says. "If not for Harvard and MIT, there would not have been the economic growth in the city...
American firms like Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan and Calvin Klein are finding it increasingly difficult to compete against these global luxury superpowers. Tommy Hilfiger's stock has also lost luster (see box). So has Kiehl's, a 149-year-old posh beauty brand that was acquired last week by French global giant L'Oreal. In February, Klein, noting the sums Arnault has been paying and the increasingly treacherous fashion market, also put his company up for sale. Potential suitors--LVMH and Gucci among them--have shied away from Klein's privately held company because its licensing agreements would deny...
...good ol' reverse psychology). It all started downhill for Matt when the Academy passed him over for The Talented Mr. Ripley and decided to nominate his co-star, Jude Law, instead (the "Golden Boy" torch was officially passed). Realizing that Mr. Damon was about to lose his luster, the rumor mill went into overdrive - any seedy information about Matt would be welcomed and promptly printed. And like clockwork, two weeks later, the stories appear. Here are the two most incriminating...
Harvard's defense, led by captain Jeanne Ficociello, lost its dominant luster as it opened the door for Brown's attackers...
...greatest fear was that the Olympics would lose the luster and credibility that draws millions of viewers worldwide every four years. If corporations refused to sponsor the games for fear of associating themselves with a dishonest competition, the games might have become unprofitable, endangering the viability of these spectacular athletic exhibitions...