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...Heaving a 16-lb. metal ball farther than anyone else in the world takes prodigious strength. It also takes grace, balance and technique. Parry O'Brien was a shot-put champion whose great innovation was a 180� spin that built momentum for his toss. He broke the shot-put world record 17 times between 1953 and 1959 and in four Olympic Games took home two gold medals plus a silver. O'Brien, 75, had a fatal heart attack while competing in a Santa Clarita, Calif., swim meet...
Jazz Week Catch the last weekend of “Jazz Week” and commemorate Duke Ellington’s birthday. Sax diva Grace Kelly will be playing at Borders in Back Bay. 511 Boylston St., Boston. Saturday, 7 p.m. Free! Rock On Do you like cheap concerts? The Casual Fiasco and The Brew are playing at Best of Boston’s Paradise Rock Club and Lounge. Rock on. 967-969 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Friday. $10 Jazz it Up! Give your ears a rest after Third Eye Blind with jazz-latin fusion vocalist Marta Gomez at the nearby...
...Cisneros, who received a Masters in Public Administration from the KSG in 1973, spoke in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum room to kick off the 10th Annual Latino Law and Public Policy Conference, which will last until tomorrow night. “The Latino future is the saving grace of this country,” said Cisneros, who became the first Hispanic mayor of a major American city when he took office as mayor of San Antonio, Texas in 1981. He pointed to the growing size of the American Latino population as evidence of the group?...
...song? As even Essence Carlson, one of the Rutgers students Imus insulted, acknowledged at a press conference, black rap artists labeled young black women as "hos" long before Imus did. And while straight people may not be able to say "faggot," Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Will & Grace helped mainstream the nonhostile gay joke for straight people. But all this reappropriation and blurring - distinguishing a good-natured "That's so gay!" from a homophobic one - has created a situation in which, when Richards went off on his Laugh Factory rant, it was possible to wonder...
...Cycle.” But her Harvard performances haven’t been confined to acting—she has also appeared in last spring’s “Dancers’ Viewpointe VI” and November’s dance showcase “American Grace.” 'I like to stay involved as much as I can, but it’s nice when you can marry the two [dance and theater]. ‘American Grace’ was a good example of this. It was held on the Loeb Mainstage, which...