Word: brazile
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...drink order. I don't drink alcohol and I've become something of a connoisseur of foreign soft drinks, which are quite amazing in their variety and distinctiveness. Limao Brahma is a good one, a clear, lime-flavored soda with a cool, smooth flavor. Antarctica Guarana Champagne - made in Brazil, according to the can - has become another favorite of mine; it's clear gold in color, and has the refined sweet taste of a cola champagne coupled with the strong suggestion of tropical fruitiness...
...doubled up in surprise. When the sound subsided, Milton Nascimento, one of the heroes of Brazilian music, came out and sang a duet of John Lennon's "Imagine" with Gilberto Gil, another hero of Brazilian music. This was a high point - the Beatles have always been big in Brazil, and the Tropicalia movement was in part inspired by the Fab Four's creativity. The music that immediately followed was not so inspiring. Gil and Nascimento left the stage and the Orquestra played an instrumental medley of songs that included Sting's "Every Breath You Take" and R.E.M.'s "Losing...
...night still had some sorcery left in the person of Daniela Mercury; imagine a performer with the sexiness of Shakira and the pop appeal of Faith Hill. Mercury, since the beginning of her career, has championed the music and culture of Bahia, her native region in Brazil. Her music is axé music (a word derived from the Yoruba word for life force or positive energy). Within her sound is relentless percussion, samba, reggae and a pinch of merengue. Like Madonna, she's a bit of a sexual provocateur. On her album "Feijao Comarroz," Mercury, who is light-skinned, appears...
...them. Today's popular party drugs are derived from ancient medicinal herbs: marijuana from hemp, cocaine from coca leaf, prescription painkillers from poppies. It's the shamans who aggressively seek out new substances. Recent additions to the U.S. market include ayahuasco, a plant long used in religious ceremonies in Brazil for its mind-manipulating qualities, and Salvia divinorum, a soft-leaved plant native to Mexico that is chewed or smoked for hallucinogenic effects...
...Something about Brazil No. 4: Beware of any generalizations about Brazil, especially by foreign journalists like me who A) don't speak Portuguese, B) have only been in the country 48 hours and C) have trouble pronouncing names like "Milton Nascimento...