"It's an authentic, heavy-duty thing," said Barrie Mandel, the director of sales for Corcoran Group Marketing, pointing out the black fixtures in the powder room tiled in dark purple (strangely cool, I thought), the thick slab of a wood dining table, and the quirky glass chandelier ("bought on eBay," Ms. Mandel said) that hangs in the center of the master bedroom.
That I almost burst into tears will not shock anyone who read my recent "No Soup For Yoo" post or my earlier heartfelt shriek about what I see as our authentic patriotic duty to stare down death if the government can only keep us safe by making America stop being America.
As I set to work on my poem in the next few days, I felt a sense of duty to be authentic.
At the World Financial Center (home of American Express), we stand on the brink of a time when older urban centers have themselves become edge cities, providing hotel rooms, work stations, duty-free shopping and "authentic" historical entertainment.
Many said she couldn't adequately perform her duties because she lacked an authentic understanding of the black female experience.
All passengers on the route are treated to an array of in-flight bonuses, including a menu of authentic meals from the subcontinent and the duty free Sky Bazaar.
Battlefield v Call of Duty has been a feature of the games business for over a decade, with EA Dice's more gritty, in-depth and authentic shooter going up against what Call of Duty offers: speed, bombast and Kevin Spacey.
She urged me to visit Searchlight, Nevada, where Reid was born and has a home — a place that does double duty as a political backdrop, evoking the authentic Old West.
In response to the criticisms, a spokesperson for the BBC said the use of the image was consistent with Line of Duty's setting in a "recognisable and authentic world".
While the rival Call of Duty titles have been marching ever further into the future, Battlefield 1 is an attempt to re-engage with fans of the genre, who fell for titles like Battlefield 1942, Medal of Honor and the original Call of Duty games with their depiction of historically authentic scenarios.
Pensioned from stallion duties three years ago, Sadler's Wells had become an authentic colossus of the breed, winning 14 sires' championships in Britain and Ireland and becoming the bedrock of Coolmore's bloodstock empire.
