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...years ago in the Chicano barrio of East Los Angeles, the gap between American music and its Mexican roots has been inspirational. The band reached a commercial apex with 1987's La Bamba, an international hit that was elevated beyond pop predictability by its intricate acoustic coda. That flourish of integrity was no fluke. Los Lobos' new album, Kiko, blends rock, jazz and Mexican folk styles with authority and panache; David Hidalgo's lambent vocals transport songs about hardship and redemption to a numinous state. More than a mere blending of two vibrant traditions, Kiko forges a new American sound...
...scorecard for the crazies is not very impressive. "Police psychics" have been investigated scientifically and found to be of absolutely no use; in fact, they impede investigations. Yet they flourish, are consulted by law officers and promoted lavishly in the press. Spoons vigorously stroked all the way to a high polish don't deform unless a little actual physical bending is applied, but that fact doesn't interfere with the parties taking place in Washington. The "flyers" of transcendental meditation spend $5,000 and up to learn how to bounce around on a rubber mattress, but they never get airborne...
Later in the week, Nixon introduced Bush with a flourish, declaring he was "without question . . . the best qualified to lead the United States and the free world in the years ahead." Bush returned the embrace: "It's a wonderful privilege for me to be introduced by you." In his speech, Bush clung to his belief that he did not have the money to do all that Nixon suggested. Thus was confrontation turned to advantage -- for both men. Nixon, at 79, got to dominate the world stage for a day, reminding people of the great drama in Russia and its importance...
Epps has long emphasized the need for a social center, to help compensate for inadequacies in the house system. Plans for a student center in Memorial Hall--unveiled with flourish two years ago--are on hold until new revenues are raised to fund...
...power of true love triumphs--not over Art, which will flourish--but over anxiety about independence. See Reproducing Georgia--Art will be made and love will be made. The power of the artistic vision makes a great subject for this well-directed, well-acted and well-conceived play...