Word: mulligans
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...arranger Gil Evans. They assembled an unusual nonet, including a tuba and French horn, and began experimenting with a new kind of writing. The goals: dense, rich sonorities, a "cool," vibrato-free style of playing and a tight meshing of the charts and soloists (among them baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and trombonist J.J. Johnson). Result: a reshaping of the modern jazz aesthetic...
...Media confirm that women make 55% of U.S. wine purchases. With that information in hand, wine marketers, after decades of ignoring women, are suddenly chasing them like dogs after a bone. "I just wish they wouldn't resort to stereotyping and patronizing us in the process," complains Mary Ewing- Mulligan, president of the International Wine Center in New York City and author of several books on wine...
...bottle by the Napa Valley's O'Brien Family Vineyard, comes wrapped in a little gauzy sheath as if it were out of Victoria's Secret, with label copy that reads as if it were from a romance novel: "voluptuous, with sensual flavours and a velvet kiss." Says Ewing-Mulligan: "Seduction is so outrageous that it's almost acceptable," and it helps that the Wine Spectator gave the Bordeaux-style blend a respectable 89 rating. But there is White Lie Early Season Chardonnay--a de-alcoholized concoction selling for about $10 a bottle, aimed at women who are counting calories...
There are other signs of the trend as well. Wine Adventure, a magazine specifically devoted to female wine buffs, debuted in July 2005; it even has a sex column, "The Sensual Side." And Mulligan has seen a long-term rise in women signing up for classes. Back in 1982, classes at the Wine Center "were predominantly male," she says. "Now our classes are about fifty-fifty." Brosterman's website is another indication. The site, designed to appeal to women who want more from wine than a flirty label, offers a buying club with some sophisticated choices and travel opportunities...
...hope that we’ve been able to impress upon the younger guys the importance of this roadtrip,” captain Matt Stehle said. “I said to the guys after Saturday’s win, [Yale] was kind of our mulligan. That was our one slip up, and you can’t have another slip up. You know Penn’s not going to slip up, and Yale’s probably not going to slip up again either. We really don’t have an option other than coming home with...