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...waiter to take my soft drink order. I don't drink alcohol and I've become something of a connoisseur of foreign soft drinks, which are quite amazing in their variety and distinctiveness. Limao Brahma is a good one, a clear, lime-flavored soda with a cool, smooth flavor. Antarctica Guarana Champagne - made in Brazil, according to the can - has become another favorite of mine; it's clear gold in color, and has the refined sweet taste of a cola champagne coupled with the strong suggestion of tropical fruitiness...
...treatments for Parkinson's disease is in the brains of patients. As the illness worsens, brain tissue becomes clogged with a protein muck that includes a substance called alpha-synuclein. No one knows exactly what alpha-synuclein does, but it's believed to play a role in the smooth transmission of nerve signals. When the substance clumps, it can't do the work it was designed to do, leading to neuron damage, loss of the neurotransmitter dopamine and eventually the familiar shakiness of such well-known Parkinson's sufferers as Janet Reno and Muhammad...
...Metheny Trio, "Live" The preeminent jazz guitarist of his generation avoids the impression of almost fussy prettiness that has sometimes crept into his studio albums by laying it down live in this marvelous double CD. Thing is, he really does sound that smooth, and boy can he play. More importantly, he is as comfortable wailing on the guitar synth like some 21st-century muezzin as he is ripping it up on a chestnut such as "All the Things You Are." With one foot in the future and the other in the past - and the compositional chops to provide the essential...
...what I've seen to come up with a deep think. When Jobim helped launch the bossa nova boom in 1956, it was considered a radical new style, upsetting to the samba-ruled old order. The "new way" (one translation of "bossa nova") was smooth, stripped-down music, but full of strange harmonies and unusual syncopation. While other musical acts of the period were singing and performing in more overtly expressive ways, the vocals and guitar playing in Jobim's work were intimate and quiet, and commanded attention like the whisper of a secret. It was a music proud...
...Frisk 'Em" Whitman and Ashcroft, whose civil-rights record conservatives call principled and liberals call horrendous. Whitman, cleverly shelved as an EPA appointee, will be hard to nail. But Ashcroft, a justifiable bogeyman as the nation's top law enforcer, will severely test Senate Democrats' proclivities toward giving a smooth ride to a fellow club member. Will Ashcroft be the Clarence Thomas of this Bush administration, or its John Tower? If it gets ugly enough, we may see Frank Keating return to public service after...