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...sort of director that would rather leave people stunned in their seats than floating into the brisk April eve, he has chosen a play packs a visceral wallop. Though visual-heavy, “conceptual” treatments have a way of wreaking havoc on Shakespeare’s artful texts, Titus, which joyfully flaunts its aesthetic flaws, may be the Bard’s only play that actually demands high production values...
This bluesy wallop of an album is filled with songs about grotesques, but there's no danger of its turning into a rock-opera Winesburg, Ohio. That's because front man E (Mark Oliver Everett) chooses humor over bathos ("Ma won't shave me, Jesus can't save me," he growls on the superb Dog Faced Boy). Which is not to say he's snide; Friendly Ghost and Woman Driving, Man Sleeping are as sweet as anything in the James Taylor songbook--they're just not saccharine. The lyrics float over an array of power chords, samples, overdubs and scratches...
Your article "10 Foods That Pack A Wallop" illustrated the benefits of a vegetarian diet [STAYING HEALTHY, Jan. 21]. With the exception of salmon, all the foods listed that have powers to prevent ailments are from the plant kingdom. And, by the way, organic flaxseeds are a rich vegetarian source of the healthy fat omega-3, without the possible contaminants from pollution that can be present in fish. Science is finally learning what vegetarians have known for years. STACEY I. JEMISON Lauderdale, Miss...
Then there's the critical issue of timing. Most economists say that for a stimulus to work, it must pack its wallop into the next 12 months. Many of the corporate breaks in the House bill--more generous depreciation of equipment purchases, for instance--would be carried out over at least three years...
...high CRP were just as likely to have a heart attack as those with high cholesterol and low CRP. Ridker even showed that statins, the most popular cholesterol-lowering drugs, reduce CRP levels by equal amounts--about 13%--in both groups, suggesting that the medications pack a double wallop, working as both cholesterol-lowering and anti-inflammatory agents...