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...have neighbors in Livingston, Mont., who have geared up for every potential Armageddon since the Cuban missile crisis. From the cold war to the Gulf War to Y2K (how quaint it seems now, that odd abbreviation), a certain vocal minority hereabouts has been hoarding ammunition, boiling water and stockpiling gold coins in hopes of riding out some vast calamity that will devastate the unprepared while leaving savvy country folk untouched. That was the vision, at least, until last month, when the attacks on New York City and Washington proved to all but the most stubborn of mountain dwellers that that...
...Browns' decision stemmed partly from personal experience. Lourdes' Cuban, Roman Catholic parents had banished Peter from their home when the two were in their 20s and living together. "I could see then the unrealistic aspect of my parents' perspective, and I never wanted to ostracize my kids in the same way," says Lourdes...
...would have thought him adequate to the task he now faces. At first blush, there is little in the President's background that equips him for his new mission. He is not a young man--10 years older than John F. Kennedy was at the time of the Cuban missile crisis, only four years younger than Franklin D. Roosevelt, on the original day of infamy. But for someone age 55, he has often seemed to have absorbed few of the annealing lessons of maturity...
Orishas CUBA Combines lyrical wizardry with traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms to make cutting-edge hip-hop. Key album: A Lo Cubano...
...beginning, when mbalax [a blend of Senegal's traditional griot percussion and praise singing with modern Afro-Cuban arrangements] was starting off, it was never a question of people saying, "It's not good; it's not well done," but rather, "We don't like it." Later, as success arrived with this music, those who were more traditional began to appreciate that our success could be a window onto traditional music...