And team they were — not a consortium of superstars, but a smooth blend of rising stars and nonstars, of rejects and never-beens, modestly compensated by Yankees and Red Sox standards, but hard-working and well-anchored by a staff of awesome starting pitchers, all in their 20s.
This year's headliners -- Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport, John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Mark Philippoussis, Max Mirnyi, Amanda Coetzer, Meghann Shaughnessy and Alexandra Stevenson -- give the nine-team professional league a blend of established and rising stars.
The junk bond market delivered a total return in the neighborhood of 57% for 2009, a blend of fat coupons and rising prices.
Try a blend of two drops each of rose attar, Roman chamomile, and clary sage essential oils with four drops of sweet marjoram oil and two tablespoons of sweet almond or olive oil as the carrier oil.
Tsai's chocolate-rose oil contains a blend of cacao butter, Bulgarian rose oil, sea buckthorn oil, sesame seed oil, and jojoba and coconut oils, and is good for both skin and hair.
The companies worry that costly new European testing regulations could spell the end of many essential oils used in perfumery because the substances are a blend rising out of a distillation process that could fail existing chemical tests for safety.
Now, she says, the writers are becoming a blend of educators and trendsetters for Brazil's rising middle class.
The classic marie rose or cocktail sauce is a blend of mayonnaise, tomato and lemon juice.
He developed a blend of polyester and worsted wool fibers named Viracle, and rose to become president of the company at age 48.
The best essential oils for relieving sunburn include lavender oil, helichrysum oil, rose oil and Australian Blue oil (a blend of several different essential oils).
"The team selected is a blend of experience and youth and one that I am sure will rise to the occasion of this unique format.
