He could gussy up the utility for sale, or he could pursue some of the outlandish strategies then in style, such as buying developing-country power plants or investing in unrelated businesses.

FORBES: Trading places

He could gussy up the utility for sale, or he could pursue some of the outlandish strategies then coming into style, like buying developing-country power plants or investing in unrelated businesses.

FORBES: Trading Places

Though he didn't gussy up his music, he knew how to keep people engrossed all the same: A master of stride and boogie and bebop, he'd string his listeners along just by dancing around the theme, and then at just the right moment, he'd lower the boom, delivering a line so dazzlingly improbable that the common response was a gasp.

NPR: A Jazz Genius Goofs Off