QUESTION: blue rinse (BLOO rins) adjective Related to elderly women. [From the hair-dye used on grey hair that produces a blue shade.] "If the race comes down to a former officer married to an aristocrat and blessed with four children - or a quiffed Spaniard with a gay past and a soft line on drugs, who do you think the blue rinse brigade will choose?" Jonathan Freedland, Still Lost in the Wilderness, The Guardian (London), Jul 11, 2001. Ever wonder how our vocabulary is colored by many hues of a rainbow? Often we use colors as symbols for ideas, thoughts, and concepts but do it with little logic. Take the color blue, for example. A blue chip stock is good to hold in one's portfolio while we're chary of blue-sky stock. A blue collar worker is a manual laborer yet a bluestocking is one with intellectual inclinations. A bluenose is a prude but a blue blood is aristocratic. Even a computer would go crazy trying to make sense of this. No wonder we made artificial languages to program computers. In this week's AWAD we take a look at other words and phrases tinged with colors. -Anu
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QUESTION: Stephanie - When you get a chance, could you finalize the attached (also found in Tana's O drive). I am not sure where the originals need to go after signed by Enron, but I have a request for that information currently out to Hess. Thanks.
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QUESTION: Dear Dr. McMullen, A few weeks ago I received a call from your University regarding employment opportunities at Enron. I called back and summarized the needs of my group (an ideal profile of a candidate): 1. mathematical finance 2. computer programming (C, C++) 3. understanding of the energy markets I shall appreciate any information about potential candidates. I have also given some other suggestions regarding potential opportunities for graduates with different profiles. Please, feel free to call me. My number is 713 853 3848. Vince Kaminski
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