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...talking. "Brazil is an intense place," says Beck. "The music can be gentle but there's a lot of life happening on the street." He goes on to talk about his favorite Brazilian performers. "There are tons of them - everyone from Jobim to Caetano. Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, Gal Costa...
...Bothrops, of which the Central American terciopelo snake is a member--contain compounds that closely resemble substances used by white blood cells to fend off bacterial infections. Some of these substances work by damaging or disrupting lipids within the bacterial cell wall. A decade ago, microbiologists Edgardo Moreno, of Costa Rica's National University, and Bruno Lomonte, of the University of Costa Rica, realized that a muscle-destroying toxin in terciopelo venom behaved the same...
...name MPB, which stands for "musica popular brasileira." Basically any new music from Brazil could fit in this category, making long explanations like this one unnecessary. Milton Nascimento (who's at Rock in Rio), Chico Buarque (one of Brazil's finest songwriters), Ivan Lins (another revered songwriter) and Gal Costa (one of the country's most beloved vocalists) could all safely be filed under...
...huge section of MPB that featured such younger artists as Marisa Monte (a fine young vocalist who is a bit like Dido or Beth Orton with some samba thrown in), the ska-pop-reggae band LS Jack, and such veterans as Chico Buarque, Ivan Lins and Gal Costa...
...presidential election in Florida was a statistical aberration that the system will survive. The more important story is that American democracy is turning into a plutocracy. The best predictor of which candidate is going to win any political race is who spends the most money. DIANELOS GEORGOUDIS San Jose, Costa Rica...