Word: oakes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...those supervisors are getting easier to enlist. When Heidi Miller, 46, one of the most powerful women on Wall Street, announced in late February that she would leave her CFO job at Citigroup to become CFO of Priceline.com it sent shock waves through more than a few oak-paneled boardrooms. That the dotcom wanted Miller wasn't so surprising; that Miller was willing to go to the dotcom was. Nobody expects a mass migration, but her move shows that dotcoms seeking top-notch talent have a good chance of getting...
...picked up some brand-spanking-new trinkets on our spring break rendezvous: nearby ivy league boyfriends, drinks with Mafia-connected priests, protection à la Coppertone, and shiny silver bracelets. But not all silver shines. Spring Break brought about its own risks. We boarded airlines whose insignias were sketched into oak-tag posters. We observed how boring the Midwest really is. We spent quality time in the Square and even worse, with the parents...
...from the sophisticated terra cotta of Tuscany. The Italians have had 600 years to engineer and fashion Il Magnifico Chianti into what one might call a powerful expression of grace. Wine producers in California and Washington try in vain to emulate Chianti’s complex personality of dusty oak with subtle, sweet hints of cherry and violet. They rarely measure...
...mildly vegetal notes of tobacco are pitted against a soupçon of leather. The dense, complex and velvety tannins emerge with fustian clarity. Its lambent, ruby hue compliments its well-articulated aromas that, in turn, suggest a dusty, earthy scent blended in with a light touch of toasty oak. My favorite of the evening...
Truman traveled in the ponderous and luxurious private car named Ferdinand Magellan, originally made for President Franklin Roosevelt. It was paneled in oak with four staterooms, bath and shower, and 6,000 lbs. of ice for air conditioning. The car was sheathed in steel-armor plating and 3-in. bulletproof glass. When they were out in the open, Truman liked the train to hit 80 m.p.h., and he would watch "our country" slide by while telling stories and sipping a little good bourbon--ready at each stop to "give 'em hell" and introduce "the boss," Bess Truman. The most famous...