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...don’t know much about jazz, but I liked the stylings of the Krupa-Pilzer Quintet. Of the adjectives I have heard others use when describing jazz, the quintet was the following: toe-tapping, exuberant, soulful, and versatile. The quintet was proudly highlighting women in jazz—a medium that, I’ve been told, is all about self-expression through music. On this Friday, some extraordinary women musicians were throwing their personal doors open to a captive public audience...
...that so many people here have no idea that the rest of the country—I’m thinking of the two coasts, not the giant landmass north of Dallas and south of Canada—would probably not, to say the least, be impressed that they know “George” personally and/or still believe him to have been a terrific president, irrespective of the numerous economic and political disasters that characterized his presidency...
...professors and classmates, to attend the proper dinners and shake the proper hands. This is not specific to a particular group of students, either. Whether vying for President of the International Relations Council or admission to the Delphic, it is quickly made clear to us that we need to know the right people, make the right early moves, and smile when we need to. But I realized early this summer that teaching smart, capable people to be politicians does not necessarily make them leaders...
...revelation that Schuler had been drinking prompted hundreds of disapproving comments on the community Café Mom. One typical posting: "What I want to know is not only why was she driving drunk but why the hell was she drinking when she had all of those kids with her anyways...
Christie Mellor, who arguably launched the "martini mom" trend with her 2004 book Three-Martini Playdate, says she was just using cocktails as a figure of speech: "Anyone who read my book and actually understood the metaphorical nature of the title would know that I wasn't actually encouraging mommies to down a fifth of vodka at their toddler's play dates...