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Many of today's female singers are content to paint their songs in two primary colors: blue longing or red lust. Makeba's palette is richer: scarlet shades of outrage, cerulean hues of optimism, sable determination. And while other singers paint self-portraits, Makeba, 68, paints vocal landscapes as well. Starting in the 1950s, she helped popularize "African jazz," a melding of jazz with traditional African folk music. In doing so, she helped create a sound that not only expressed her individual spirit but also captured a region's culture and traditions...
...operations sometimes damage the coastlines where the facilities are located. The farms can foul the water, destroy mangroves and marshes, drive local fishers out of business and serve as breeding grounds for fish diseases. In places such as Bangladesh, Thailand and India, which grow shrimp mainly for export to richer countries, diseases and pollution usually limit a farm's life to 10 years. The companies then move and start again...
...focus of her dissertation. When Dolores returned to Brazil for two years early in their marriage to continue her research, Jeff accompanied her--and developed a lifelong interest in cross-cultural psychology. Because of their different training, they emerged with different impressions of Brazil--making their experience all the richer. "We serve as intellectual expansion devices for each other," says Dolores...
...learning the ropes are obsolete. The world seems to be awash in free money. And people seem especially eager to give that money to men and women in their twenties. For the ambitious on this campus, dreaming of ways to get rich quick, never before has the "rich" been richer and the "quick" been quicker...
...batches of grapes are left to out to dry up and shrivel in order to be pressed and added later to an already fermented wine, thus creating a second round of fermentation. This process is universally believed to enhance the flavors that embrace Chianti, softening the tannins, giving a richer, fruitier wine. The routine is considered de rigueur among some Chianti producers. Here, the mildly vegetal notes of tobacco are pitted against a soupçon of leather. The dense, complex and velvety tannins emerge with fustian clarity. Its lambent, ruby hue compliments its well-articulated aromas that, in turn...