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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...
...competition, which pitted select high-schoolers against a rigorous regime of quizzes, challenges, interviews, and evaluations by a three-member “Scholarship Committee” in a quest for a full-ride college scholarship. He did, however, come away with a $20,000 scholarship and a fame that will likely follow him into the Yard this fall...
...flight meals. Since Swanson had a post-Thanksgiving bird surplus, he devised a multicompartment tray for the turkey and accompanying side dishes. Introduced in 1954, the dinners took off, selling 10 million that year and earning Thomas a raise and a spot on Hollywood's Walk of Fame...
...that. "In all sports, not just surfing, the raw talents are here," says Puloka. "Every time a coach visits Tonga he says, 'You've got the talent, they just need to be developed.'" Tonga's all-time brightest sports stars, rugby players Willie Ofahengaue and Jonah Lomu, both achieved fame playing for other countries, Australia and New Zealand respectively...
...post-Thanksgiving bird surplus, he devised a multi-compartment tray for the turkey and accompanying side dishes. Introduced in 1954 with a package resembling a TV set, the dinners took off, selling 10 million that year and earning Thomas a raise, a spot on Hollywood's Walk of Fame and hate letters from husbands who wrote, he said, that "I was ruining their lives...