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Shifting between full rhythm sections and just bass and drums throughout the album, Turner waxes introspective with the breathy tone and plodding rhythm of the standard "Stardust." The album would be easily dismissible were it not for Turner's flights of interpretational fancy, which soar to great melodic heights yet still maintain the melancholia inherent to many tracks. On "I Loves You Porgy," he conjures simple sentimentality in a lush landscape of tender phrasing and introspective tones. Granted, not every single aspect of Ballad Sessions works. Turner's group doesn't gel when he attempts to change pace with Latin...
...regulators nixed certain accounting practices. As is typical with special-interest measures, there were no hearings or estimates of the cost before the clause mysteriously showed up in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1998. Among the potential beneficiaries: billionaires Ron Perelman and the Pritzker and Bass families. The losers: all other taxpayers, who will have to pick...
...scene: a couple is ordering dinner in a restaurant. The husband goes first. "Hmm, nice menu. I think I'll have the Chilean sea bass...
...Harry! Remember the ad in the New York Times saying that when those ships net sea bass, they kill millions of birds...
...from the deep pockets of eco-conscious foundations, such as the Pew Charitable Trust (assets: $4.7 billion) and the Packard Foundation ($17 billion). Next year, for example, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, with money from Packard, will lead a movement to persuade consumers to stop eating the endangered Chilean sea bass--similar to last year's campaign that urged diners to "give the swordfish a break." Says Julie Packard, vice chairman of the foundation and executive director of the aquarium: "Government regulations change with each new Administration. Consumer choices can have more lasting effects...