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7-Up vs. Coke Part 2
Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found the dot-com darling Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all. The spectacular flameout of a St. Louis soft-drink scion.
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Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras
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Ludo is fired up and ready to play on the national stage
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Curious Gorge: Ian tests the animal magnetism of Three Monkeys
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Feel a Draught?: Tigín opens an outpost in a Hampton Inn downtown? O'Really!
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Seeing Red: Partners battle over a Wash. Ave. eatery's ownership (9)
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Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras (9)
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7-Up vs. Coke Part 2 (6)
Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found the dot-com darling Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all. The spectacular flameout of a St. Louis soft-drink scion.
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Will Ian flip for the Original Pancake House? (4)
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Is a Wash. U. dean destroying alumni records and making unjust department cuts? (3)
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Have two Nirvana producers helped create the next Metallica?
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"The Sex Song": Not TASTiSKANK's homage to Matthew McConaughey
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Bret Michaels (sort of) talks dirty to RFT
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The 75s make an extra-fancy splash with its debut record
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Producer nonpareil Pharrell Williams is happy to be just one of the band again
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The daughter of Brazilian bossa-nova icon João Gilberto, singer Bebel Gilberto does a dandy job of maintaining the family legacy without coasting on Dad's rep. Like her legendary father, she has a velvety, vibrato-free vocal approach. Her bittersweet, smoky tones reflect innocence and worldliness in equal measure. Unlike the elder Gilberto, though, Bebel doesn't shy away from incorporating elements of electronic pop into her music. Bebel's new disc, Momento, sticks mainly with straight-up bossa nova. The arrangements are restrained and sultry, although the singer pushes the stylistic envelope on a couple of selections. The salsa-charged "Tranquilo" features an elegantly strutting horn section, and "Bring Back the Love" features guests Brazilian Girls and a sleek, Euro-dance slant. But coming back full circle, her take on the Cole Porter standard "Night and Day" pays affectionate tribute to the renowned early-'60s collaborations between her father and American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. In a world seemingly gone goofy, Momento is a lovely respite from madness.
