Word: whistler
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...physics professor,whose real name appropriately enough is Ernie, is an incredible whistler. "He had braces all throughout college, and he has this special whistling technique that's different from what everyone else uses. We were all worried that he wouldn't be able to do it once he got the braces off, but he could." He performs with music-minus-one, which involves whistling over classical recordings with the solo instrument removed. "He whistled at my wedding this summer," Vaux reveals. But because of some problem with the sound system, he had to whistle a Bach piece a cappella...
Sargent was an American artist. With his older contemporary James Whistler, he was the first American painter since Benjamin West to become famous in England--and in France too. But he never set foot in the U.S. until his 21st year, and only rarely thereafter. The skeptic might say he hardly even qualified as an expatriate. As a boy he had no patria beyond the rented flat and the hotel room, and thus was unencumbered by the tension of nostalgia for early belonging that affects the real expat...
...COSTS HEADING DOWNHILL If you're dreaming of hitting the slopes before the powder melts, you might want to head north of the border. With the Canadian dollar near record lows, ski resorts like Whistler in British Columbia and Mont-Tremblant in Quebec are offering the best deals. A five-night, four-day stay at a Whistler hotel (including lift tickets) costs about $400, while a trip to Vail or Aspen goes for $500 to $700. No wonder visitors to Colorado's slopes, which until recently were beset by weak snowfall, are down 11% this year. That means, of course...
...there today: the blue-and-gold bush, with its clear light and exquisite transparencies. They weren't Impressionists in the orthodox, French sense--their work had nothing to do with Monet, for instance; their sources lay in late 19th century French realism and, above all, in the work of Whistler...
Known in nomadic musical circles as "The Whistler," Joanis has been playinghis guitar, singing, and whistling for 7 years. Tosubsidize his income from music, he also paintsand gives dance lessons, although he hasn't beendoing this as much recently...