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They have truly swarmed this one. More than 140 low-carb books are in print, and 51 more are due out this year, up from just 15 in 1999, reports Simba Information, a publishing-research firm. The crush of new titles exploits every crevice of the low-carb market: Low-Carb Cocktails, Low-Carb Slow Cooker Recipes and Low-Carb Smoothies. There is Low-Carb Dieting for Dummies as well as The Complete Idiot's Guide to Low-Carb Meals. It was only a matter of time before a book came along to compare the low-carb diet books. When...
...anywhere in the country," she says, "and someone will go, 'Oh, I've been to Basement Bhangra.'" At Sonotheque in Chicago, Brian Keigher, 31, spins a popular fusion style known as "Asian underground"--fast, irresistibly danceable music studded with sitars and thumping tablas. Wade your way through the crush on the dance floor, and you will find Indian students, Pakistani locals from Devon Avenue, white clubgoers from the North Side and West Side blacks, always hungry for a new sound. At music clubs and universities, crowds can listen to Funkadesi, a band that mixes Indian music with reggae and funk...
...Kids were also among the first TV comics to deal with gay issues in depth, thanks largely to the out-and-how Scott Thompson, who played queeny lounge philosopher Buddy Cole. Also memorable are the subtle character pieces--and the unsubtle ones, like the bitter man who pretends to crush his enemies' heads between his fingers. Before the media discovered him in the '90s, the Angry White Male had arrived on TV. And as it turned out, he sometimes liked to wear a dress. --By James Poniewozik
BORDER PATROL Muni bonds are a safe haven, but a single event could crush all bonds in a region. So diversify geographically. And avoid bonds backed by revenue of potential targets, like power plants. It's no fun to think this way. But it's prudent...
...recreation of this war-torn era is undeniably excellent, his grasp of plot and characters is tenuous at best and not enough to redeem the film’s many faults. Newcomer Gregori Derangere is the perpetually bemused Frederic, an impoverished writer still in love with his childhood crush. She’s now the popular actress Viviane Denvers (Isabelle Adjani, who looks like she’s been given a severe dose of Botox). So intoxicating is Viviane’s hold on Frederic that he doesn’t mind being imprisoned for a crime she committed, later...