Word: gil
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...Gilberto Gil, the versatile master of rhythm and jazz, who is backing up his artistic message by becoming Brazil's Minister of Culture; his countryman Caetano Veloso, whose breathtaking range of musicianship makes him a global treasure; and my countryman Jorge Franco, author of the Faulknerian novel Rosario Tijeras, the inspiration for one of my songs...
...woozy liturgical ballad from Crash and an uptempo number from the bottom of the Dolly Parton song trunk. And the winners, three exponents of Memphis hiphop, expressed more astonished delight than anyone except the Crash crowd. One of them even thanked the Oscar show?s executive producer, Gil Cates. That guy?ll be invited back, even if his dude duds obliterated the dress code...
...Gil Anaf, president of Australia's National Association of Practising Psychiatrists, frowns on a system that steers depressed people toward G.P.s, who often lack the time and expertise to make the right call on treatment. Because the cost of SSRIs is subsidized by the government, it's cheaper for patients to be on drugs than to spend a lot of time on the couches of psychoanalysts like Anaf. Anaf isn't anti-drugs. Within that small proportion of depressed patients who are at risk of harming themselves, he says, the antidepressants work well in 70-80% of cases. "The problem...
...will be a scientist." Down the hall, an older student poring over a Cambridge English text says he likes football star David Beckham. The students are well-behaved and bright, and their English is as good as anything you would find in Seoul or Tokyo. Vice Principal Bak Ryong Gil says the youngsters are learning to use the Internet. Really, we ask, can they access it? No, he explains, they can only look at select material downloaded at the country's main computer-research center. "There is no Internet," says Bak, "but we have a plan." He says...
...DARTMOUTH 16WORCESTER, Mass.—Steve Silva threw for a touchdown, rushed for another, and returned a punt for a third to lead Holy Cross to a 28-16 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday.Silva’s 353 total yards eclipsed the school record set by Gil Fenerty, who gained 335 yards against Columbia in 1983.Holy Cross (5-2) scored on its opening possession on a three-yard pass from John O’Neil to Gideon Akande at 5:41 of the first quarter. Silva found Sean Gruber on a three-yard halfback option pass to make...