Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...suits both the gung-ho exercisers whose knees can no longer take the shock of running and the flabby layabouts who are finally heeding doctors' advice about the heart-protecting, cholesterol-lowering benefits of aerobic exercise. Gabe Mirkin, a sports-medicine physician in Kensington, Md., testifies that pedaling's smooth, rotary motion is safe for your knees. "I used to be a marathoner," he says. "Now that I'm 65, I can't run 400 yards. But I can still ride 20 to 25 miles...
...perverse thrill out of shifting styles suddenly, clearing the floor and sending startled dancers back to their seats. This expertly crafted new CD revels in that thrill. The song Little Black Spiders comes on hard, like the Prodigy in a back-room brawl with Metallica; another track, the smooth Full Moon, offers up a less confrontational sound, melding glitter-ball disco with old-school hip-hop. On Koochy, Van Helden samples Gary Numan's 1979 synthesized pop hit Cars, pumping it up with contemporary club-land rhythms. These songs startle, annoy, bewilder--and ultimately entrance. Van Helden's real rush...
...Courage is one of the best CDs of the year. On her past albums, O'Connor's songs burned with anger. Her new album, for which she recruited a wide range of producers, including hip-hopper Wyclef Jean, radiates forgiveness, and the music is often as sweet and smooth as strawberries and cream. A few tracks, including The Healing Room, beam with sunny reggae rhythms. The album is dedicated to "all Rastafari people." In one song, What Doesn't Belong to Me, O'Connor sings from the perspective of God, rejecting the self-segregation in the world: "I'm Irish...
...Committed to his management strategies, Mayer says he believes these problems will smooth out over time if people just stick to his plan...
...Despite attempts by the University to smooth over the rough spots, the tone of interaction between the two has descended to its worst levels in years, and each side blames the other...