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...Canadian alt-rock scene. OLP's 1997 effort, Clumsy, avoided the dreaded second album jinx and, in addition to its quadruple-platinum status in Canada, led to the band's breakthrough in the U.S. with the catchy, angst-ridden singles "Clumsy" and "Superman's Dead." The band's muscular, guitar-driven melodies and their reputation for solid live performances won them rave reviews, and the album was certified gold in the States less than a year after its release...
...bowler in the opposing XI, what would it have been like to confront this Bradman? His entry onto the ground was an amble, which some interpreted as him basking in the applause. In fact, he was allowing his blue eyes to adjust to the sunlight. From narrow shoulders hung muscular arms; this was the result of nothing except overuse of a bat. More striking was his unmistakable half-smile, reflecting both supreme self-confidence and pleasure. "I couldn't wait to bat," he said. "The bigger the occasion, the tenser the atmosphere, the more I liked the game...
...lack technical knowledge with which to describe Bubka's forays into the Garden air. What I can say is that each and every jump was a perfect example of muscular coordination, and that each revealed unrivaled intensity and focus. I can also say that Bubka's jumps forever changed the way I looked at athletics...
...Parkinson's is caused by a breakdown of the brain's production of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which relays the electrical impulses involved in muscular movement. The last great breakthrough in treatment was in the late 1960s, when the "miracle" drug levadopa, or L-dopa-the chemical precursor of dopamine-was discovered to "unfreeze" patients who for decades had been practically rigid, unable even to produce facial expressions. Though it remains the standard treatment for Parkinson's, there is a serious downside to L-dopa. After a couple of years, during which patients seem to be cured, they start developing...
...Ecstasy is an amphetamine-like drug that affects emotions by boosting levels of another neurotransmitter, serotonin, which is normally connected with feeling happy. Serotonin has rarely been associated with muscular movement. Confusingly for the researchers, scans of Lawrence's brain show that ecstasy has a beneficial effect on his Parkinson's even when he takes it on its own, without L-dopa...