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...blues player of high funk and preternatural fingering, but on From the Cradle things are clearly different. The playing doesn't blister, and the voice doesn't challenge. Something else is happening here, and it has been received with some reservation. It's a familiar argument: Clapton is too slick, too successful to have the blues, much less play them. It's as if he was being criticized for the undoubted elegance of his wardrobe rather than the unchallenged finesse of his picking...
...Crimson had trouble adjusting to the slick carpet, as many a ball skipped away from the intended targets and out of bounds...
This bizarre notion takes no account of mountains of evidence to the contrary. But, like a slick lawyer, Breggin has answers for every argument. Researchers have, for example, observed distinctive physical features in the brains of people with schizophrenia. A study of identical twins found that one portion of the brain was 15% smaller in the person with schizophrenia than in the normal sibling. Breggin says the difference could be the result of brain damage caused by the drugs given to control the disease. Of course, it is difficult to test his hypothesis because that would require studying people with...
...evil ... er, that is, I mean, Cedras good) must be present and true -- at the time. The salesman or the politician requires persuasive hallucinations to earn a living.But those who, * like me, voted for Clinton and have wished him well believe now that his multilayered, many dimensioned reality, too slick by half, lacks a moral core...
...battle among competing online newsstands is about to get even fiercer. This summer Apple opened a slick service, eWorld, and publisher Ziff-Davis is expected to launch its powerful new Interchange Online Network before the end of the year. But the most fearsome competitors may be ones that are still in the wings. Next year Microsoft is expected to introduce its own online service, code-named Marvel, which it could bundle into every copy of Windows it sells. Even more formidable would be an online service from AT&T, which can market directly to its 80 million customers...