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...under the Jeff Gordon Collection label. Working with a vineyard and a winemaker in Calistoga, Calif., Gordon is producing small quantities of a Carneros Chardonnay and later this year he'll have two more varieties ready for market - a cabernet sauvignon and a merlot. Gordon considers wine a personal passion separate from his NASCAR persona and he's proud to point out that his chardonnay is on the wine list at the renowned French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley. But even he admits, "I guess I've always leaned toward a fan that is more into wine than beer...
DIED. Frank Snowden Jr., 95, Howard University classicist and pioneer in the field of blacks in antiquity; in Washington. He developed a passion for the field at the Boston Latin School and Harvard and went on to write books, including Before Color Prejudice, showing that ancient Greece was comparatively free of the violent racism that plagued later Western nations. One of the explanations he offered was that Greeks and Romans first encountered blacks as soldiers and mercenaries, not as slaves...
...lethargic, and Marsalis’ improvisations don’t push the limits of his virtuosity. Saxophonist Walter Blanding and pianist Dan Nimmer struggle to excite. In spite of the record’s provocative message, Marsalis keeps many tracks mellow, even cheerful, making listeners cry out for more passion and grit. But it is important to recognize Marsalis’ daring. “From the Plantation to the Penitentiary” is a risky move that should attract heightened controversy. This is his first album made in the wake of the devastation Hurricane Katrina brought to his hometown...
...while he spent the afternoons stopping pucks in net, he used his mornings and evenings to fill out law school applications and interview for jobs. Though the former effort continued to be fruitless, the latter endeavor proved successful. Tobe landed a post in the finance industry.Despite his lifelong passion for hockey, the security of employment in the business world was tempting. And given the uncertainty and physical toil of professional hockey, Tobe began to look beyond his moments behind the mask.“A part of me would love to go on and be a professional hockey player...
...Abigail W. Darby ’08, co-founder of the 226-member Harvard Facebook group “Nappers Anonymous.” “My moments of most creativity and brilliance come in the beginning stages of sleep,” said Darby of her own passion for napping. Co-founders of the South Bend nap club, Michael Duttlinger and Joe Spencer, explained the club’s importance in light of scientific research that shows the benefits of napping for students, according to the Associated Press. A 2002 Harvard study found that napping among college students...