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...contributors, veritable modern czars of pop, try to capture Stevie Nicks' exuberance, but almost completely ignore her contemplation. As a result, Legacy sounds artificially happy and at times, difficult to listen to. The band Tonic sounds cheerful in singing "I'm just second-hand news." As the Irish band, The Corrs, rework the track "Dreams," they too, seem to ignore the tortured meaning of the lyrics and delightedly croon, "Thunder only happens when it's raining/Players only love you when they're playing." The Corrs, however, do incorporate the hall-mark of 1990's music. They sing with a dance...
...traditional Indian meal demands a healthy portion of naan--leavened bread baked in a tandoor oven-- to accompany the main course. The Club does not fail. Rogini Naan ($1.95) is lightly buttered and a welcome tonic to a mouthful of some of the spicier entrees. However, the mindful diner will not bother spending an extra dollar for Stuffed Kulcha, as the bread with cheese tastes almost exactly the same as its Rogini cousin. One can barely taste the cheese--in fact, the familiar smell of feet does not even accompany these curds...
...there are a lot more Giant Killer Asteroids out there where XF11 came from). It could erase only 80% or 90% of the populace. You know, getting back to the old model of a few small, isolated farm communities scrabbling desperately for a meager living might be just the tonic humanity needs to knock out some of its arrogance and softness and regain that good old spiritual edge we used to have back when we were all sacrificing goats to the rain deity and receiving stone tablets on mountaintops. We didn't worry about sordid political scandals in those days...
When he returned to the job last fall, however, he assumed much greater power. Miami voters had approved a "strong-mayor" charter in September, sold on the idea that it would be a tonic for the city's fiscal troubles and chronic corruption. Rather than being just another commissioner, the mayor has broad-ranging authority, including the veto...
...darkest of the cautionary tales is that of the Dionne quintuplets of Ontario, Canada. Born in 1934 during the depths of the Depression, the five girls were seen by the Canadian government as a welcome tonic for a beleaguered public. By an act of Ontario's parliament, they were taken from their parents and exhibited behind glass at a facility christened Quintland. At one point they drew more tourists than Niagara Falls...