Word: holidaying
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...BILLIE HOLIDAY LADY DAY: THE BEST OF BILLIE HOLIDAY...
Many other singers had better pipes or more agile techniques. But nobody transformed a song into something as deeply personal and affecting--and swinging--as Holiday. In these two discs, her reedy, frayed-at-the-edges voice, teasingly lagging the beat, instinctively breathes the bittersweet essence of the jazz life. What's more, she is surrounded by the finest sidemen of the era (1935-42), including pianist Teddy Wilson and her musical and emotional soul mate, tenor saxophonist Lester Young...
...music. An example of the second class, the wacky Australians in the Avalanches laboriously cleared the rights to all 900-odd samples they used in their epic album “Since I Left You,” which include language tapes, Madonna’s “Holiday,” and a vocal clip of a giddy Club Med DJ.On the commercial side, Puff Daddy (now Diddy, formerly known as P. Diddy, Puffy D, Puff the Magic Dragon and “Steve”) and his pop gangster peers became infamous for completely recycling old songs...
...says third-year law student Ommeed S. Sathe. “It’s more serious than other events, and you remember a lot—for a few weeks at least.”Aside from tastings and boot camp, the group also hosts holiday parties and dinners. Vino’s Law School website describes the latter event as “an opportunity for members to learn how to pair food with wine, as well as a time for enjoying the pleasure that fine food, wine, and conversation bring.”LEARNING THE LINGO...
...Unlike those attacks, the Dahab blasts did not spark a mass exodus of tourists from the Sinai. But some Egyptians were worried that the latest terror spree may cause future holiday cancellations. "We were just waiting for the season to begin, and now this happens," said Tareq Ibrahim, 33, an Egyptian masseur, as he stood on the promenade watching the cleanup effort. "The terrorists want to kill tourism in Egypt...