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...secretive, and exclusive, with only 25 members at its peak. In The Club’s early days, most of the members had a nickname, few of which exuded the grace of the founders’ choices: “Pussy,” “Bossy Calf,” “Goat!,” and “The Lady Dodo.” There was no “punch” process; girls were informed of their “in” status and were expected to join immediately. New members...
...career staples for women over 35. "I'm 53, and I want to be hip," says Buchman, the mother of two teenage girls, who wears tailored jeans and denim jackets to work. Now, Buchman says, her best-selling items are not beige pantsuits but trendy pieces like leopard-print calf-hair jackets...
...ones. Said Erica Hess: "They ask me what words mean and what the directions in their work books say." Sevalstad takes pride in the Thanksgiving themes tacked to one wall. Wrote Vance Voldseth, age 10: "I am thankful for the Yamaha three-wheeler ... I am thankful for Fred [a calf] ... I am thankful...
Until his death in 1980, Cy Taillon was known to the initiated as the "World's Greatest Rodeo Announcer." Around the circuit, which could extend from Puyallup, Wash., to Baton Rouge, La., and into Madison Square Garden itself, no exhibition of bronco riding or calf roping seemed quite complete without Taillon's booming, animated commentary. He became something more than legendary to those who followed the sport. Said one admirer: "I don't know what God looks like, but I know what He sounds like." In 1977 his daughter, Cyra McFadden, created a literary stir with her first novel...
Besides Nadal's persistence and powerful swing--veteran commentator Barry MacKay says Nadal has the "most dangerous left-handed forehand I've ever seen"--his outfits have also held serve. "Well, I like his forehand," jokes Roddick when asked about Nadal's calf-length pants. Nike asked Nadal to wear them, and he insists they're comfortable. He has already learned how to kiss up to the sponsor: "Put that the pants make me play better," he says, smiling. "Nike will like that...