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...example, observe the $35 "Always and Forever" package, which includes a plush 9" teddy bear, a one-pound heart shaped box of chocolates, a half dozen cupcakes and chocolate cookies (gourmet, nonetheless) and seven balloons. Harvard catering promises the ensemble will "show your love is forever,"--not false advertising considering remnants of the chocolates will probably linger somewhere under your futon for all eternity...
...when the new Barker humanities center is completed, the Department of Afro-American Studies will move from its current location near CVS to plush new offices in the old Harvard Union...
...Somatron Recliner Cushion ($895) looks like a plush gymnastics mat; in fact, it's designed to increase circulation and relax tight muscles by vibrating in response to the sounds emanating from a stereo or TV set. It works, says inventor Byron Eakin, based in Tampa, Florida, because music is more likely than mechanical vibrations "to achieve the mind-body connection." Well, maybe. "For some people it could be a soothing anesthetic," acknowledges William Valusek of the American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists. "For others it would merely be irritating...
...hundred yards from the track is the Baylor football stadium, an imposing structure obviously well fed by alumni. Inside the lobby is a small display case devoted to Michael Johnson's exploits, and seated in one of the plush chairs near the shrine is Johnson. He is friendly and modest and in no particular hurry. "Jesse Owens is my idol, but please don't compare me to him," he says. "I don't face the same pressures...
...average American income and education level, especially in the Deep South. Almost a third of NASCAR fans have household incomes above $50,000, and more than a quarter are professional or managerial--a far cry from the pickup-truck-and-overalls crowd of the sport's earliest days. Increasingly plush speedway facilities--air-conditioned VIP boxes and gourmet food, anyone?--have helped pull in this more upscale crowd...