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Anyone could write these toss-aways. But only McCartney was writing Yesterday, an instant-classic melody that boasted an unusual seven-bar chorus and producer George Martin's string-quartet underscoring. Anthology 2 has two archival gems: the song's first studio take, with Paul calling out chords to the sidemen, and its first public rendition, to which he brings a Liverpudlian tang ("Now it lukes as though they're here to stay") and a choirboy's urgent purity...
...time to toss the beta carotene pills. In the second slam this year, scientists who studied 1,800 people over a decade found that daily supplements do nothing to lower the chances of dying from cancer or cardiovascular disease. Still, eating fruits and vegetables rich in the nutrient appears to reduce the risk of disease; researchers now suspect that this is owing to an overall healthy diet and not to beta carotene...
...HOUSE (SIMON & Schuster; 287 pages; $22), Stephen McCauley's third novel, a friend tells Clyde, the narrator, "No one cares about novels anymore. No one wants to wade through the obfuscations of fiction. Just pump out all the filthy facts, toss in a chapter on rehab and wrap...
Berry does have some logic behind his choice: Coke has not had a great service record. But is that really a reason to toss decades of good taste out the window? At the very least, why don't we sign a one year contract and see if Coke comes to its senses...
...West Wing. So whenever he ducked out of the meetings, he needed an escort to make sure the guards didn't shoot him on sight. At one point, Clinton's economic adviser, Gene Sperling, had Armey duty; another time a Secret Service agent warned the majority leader not to toss his cigarette butt into the Rose Garden. The dead leaves, the agent told him, might be a fire hazard...