Word: blip
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...Fork (better known as the Hamptons)--is now a burgeoning community of vintners and wine sellers. It's home to about 30 wineries, producing more than 20 European varietals, mostly Merlot, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc. Compared with Napa Valley, Calif., the East End is a blip in terms of wine production--500,000 cases annually, a small fraction of California's 155 million cases, most of it from Northern California. But for a summertime excursion, Long Island offers visitors fine wines and a unique blend of East Coast charm with scenery reminiscent of southern France. "Very...
...Meanwhile, for Carmen Lam, group marketing manager of Shangri-la Hotels' 39 Asian properties, there is no return to normality at all. "We thought this was a blip in March. But it didn't get better in April; it didn't go away in May, and now we're realizing 'oh my God, this is never going away.' We have to live with...
...blip [for the market],” he said. “There will be a little uptake, a little downtake, but no big deal one way or the other...
This isn’t a blip. In 1996, the College made the decision to raise the number of first-years entering the College by 30 per annum. Apley Court was added to accommodate the increase in first-years, and the number of transfer students has been accordingly reduced to make room for the extra students in the upperclass houses...
...recently as a decade ago, Indian tribes were barely a blip on the special-interest radar screen. But since 1993, they have contributed $8.6 million to federal candidates. In the Clinton years, most of the money went to Democrats. During his second run for office, in 1996, tribes handed out a total of $1.9 million, 86% of it to Democrats. But with a Republican in the White House, Indian tribes have shifted the target of their largesse. So far this year, 56% of the $1.4 million they have donated to federal campaigns has gone to the G.O.P. The tribes have...