But for the other 10 months of the year, the trickle of diners who come to feast on fantastically fresh seafood reflects the general pace of life in the Alentejo: sleepy, bordering on comatose.
An inquest recorded a verdict of misadventure after finding that she had 416mg of alcohol per decilitre in her blood – more than five times the legal drink-drive limit and enough to make her comatose and depress her respiratory system.
The consequent deterioration of his health means that he will likely be dead or comatose before that date.
And now, thanks to leaks about the Palestinian conduct of the negotiations from Al Jazeera, a Qatar-based satellite-television channel, it is widely mooted that the process has been killed off altogether.Diplomacy is indeed comatose at present, but the leaks do not suggest it is past praying for.
The spiral into chaos among the Palestinians has made peace with them seem more remote than ever; a visit this week to the region by Condoleezza Rice, the American secretary of state, produced a widely supported but as yet vague commitment to revive the comatose "road map" peace plan.
In most places it is now sanctioned by legislators and widely practised by doctors (though difficulties still arise if the patient is comatose and cannot say what he wants).But there is also active euthanasia the prescription or administration of drugs to someone who is not on a life-support system.
The researchers account for this by explaining that such deaths occur almost entirely because the patient has become what doctors call "incompetent" (permanently comatose) or because the patient suddenly deteriorates, to the point of being unable to say what he wants.
The comatose market for initial public offerings (IPOs), an important exit route for VCs looking to unload companies, is also showing a few signs of life.
A curious Lilliputian, inspecting his comatose form, puts the sharp end of his half-pike a good way up his nostril.
Michael Schumacher, seven-time Formula 1 champion and connoisseur of risky sports, is still comatose in a French hospital, after falling during a downhill run and hitting his head just before the new year.
After all, the Doha round of trade talks—for which TPA is needed lies comatose after five years of fruitless negotiations.
