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DIED. IBRAHIM FERRER, 78, Cuban singer whose global fame came late in life with the hit 1997 album Buena Vista Social Club, which introduced new generations of fans to the island's traditional son music of the 1940s and '50s; in Havana. Plucked from obscurity--when asked to sing on the Ry Cooder-- produced album, Ferrer was shining shoes to supplement his retirement income--the septuagenarian was named Best New Artist in 2000 at the Latin Grammys for his first solo album...
...such blithe dismissals. He is one of two Disney executives in charge of overseeing the lovability of The Love Bug. This was his first project after taking the unusual leap from his post-college post in Disney’s corporate strategy division to the creative side in the Buena Vista Motion Pictures group. The Crimson communicated with Simon via e-mail to chat about Lindsay Lohan’s tabloid life style, his own career path, and what it’s like to digitally reduce Lindsay Lohan’s breasts...
...programs are paying some promising extra dividends. At Franklin Elementary, since 15-day vacations take the place of the long summer break, "students seem to retain more," says Susan Chin, a bilingual Chinese/English teacher. A few schools have already implemented YRE strictly for educational reasons. Parry McCluer High in Buena Vista, Va., boasts the state's only year-round program, and a student body that consistently scores above 95% on the state's compulsory competency test...
...Iraq, risked his neck driving oil tankers in battle-scarred cities like Fallujah for $8 a day because he could find no equally lucrative work in the Philippines. "I knew Iraq was dangerous," he says, "but I had no choice." Back home in his ramshackle village of Buena Vista, his high profile hasn't provided him with a job. "I don't know what I'm going to do here," he frets. Arroyo saved his life. Now her challenge is to make life better for millions of Filipinos just like...
...languished in recent years, losing money and falling to fourth place in prime-time ratings. Still, company execs predict a turnaround by next year. Disney remains a broadcast and production power-house with ABC Entertainment, Touchstone Television, ABC News, ABC Sports, ABC Daytime, ABC Kids, 10 TV stations and Buena Vista Television...