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Veloso's influences range from the bossa-nova and samba bands of his native land to the New York City new-wave group DNA. "Of course, there are influences [on Music Typewriter] from electronic music, from jazz, from experimental music and other things, like old funk," says Veloso, who lives in Rio de Janeiro. "But in a way, that for us is totally Brazilian...
That may be perfectly understandable for someone who has had his apartment ransacked by police, his DNA tested and his guilt presumed by endless hours of cable talkers, and still has federal agents on his back for possible obstruction of justice. But for those who had never quite tuned into the story until Thursday night, the manner was all wrong. An innocent man looking to salvage his reputation would be all empathy and earnestness, not defiant half-answers or the lawyerly "Don't say more than you're asked" stance, and certainly not a taut smile when asked whether...
...even though nationalism, suspicion of the U.S. and fear of U.S. domination once seemed to be the DNA of Mexican politics, Fox's drive to deepen and intensify Mexico's relationship with what used to be called, unflatteringly, the Colossus of the North gets nearly unanimous applause from ordinary Mexicans and from political opponents. "In principle it's a great plan that we support," says Eddy Varon Levy, a green card-carrying, part-time resident of Los Angeles who is the deputy international-affairs coordinator for the once-ruling P.R.I. congressional delegation...
...died in 1998, Bayly and her daughters called in the lawyers. They say JAL representatives told them to sue the Yukawa family instead. (Yukawa's wife and sons got $750,000 from JAL and Boeing.) JAL said that the daughters were ineligible because they were illegitimate. The family submitted DNA samples and in March 2000 received a declaration of paternity in British courts. JAL then offered about $80,000. Meanwhile, Diana shot to musical fame. In late July, JAL offered about $200,000. Bayly and her daughters rejected it. "We are not asking for much," says Bayly, "but after...
...Omen The DNA Copyright Institute in San Francisco helps individuals protect their genetic code, charging clone-wary clients $1,500 to register their sequence...