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...Fancy Free, the dancers fell into the period piece perfectly and the scenery and sets were stunning. The backdrop of never-ending buildings in dark purples and blues and the bright colors of the diner were the perfect setting for the ballet. The three sailors, performed by Joaquin de Luz, Ethan Steifel and John Selya, and the three women, performed by Christine Dunham, Amanda McKerrow and Jennifer Alexander, acted the piece as if they had fallen through time to the 1940s. Their acting was witty, and funny and their dancing was lively, stylistic and included bouncy jumps, the rhumba...
DIED. RENE LACOSTE, 92, French 1920s tennis champion and founder of the sportswear firm that bears his name; in St.-Jean-de-Luz, France. Called "le crocodile" for his tenacity on the court, he turned the reptilian nickname into a yuppie icon...
...Colombia others paid a high price for Barco's boldness. Luz Amparo Gomez, 29, a former investigator for the attorney general's office who was involved in a legal action against drug kingpin Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, was driving to her home when gunmen shot her to death. Hours later, the wife of a police major was gunned down outside her home. A day earlier, the wife of an intelligence officer attached to the 13th Brigade, the army unit that has spearheaded the crackdown, was murdered...
...answer, "We don't have any more minority spots," prompted Maria de la Luz Reyes and John Halcon to examine discrimination against Chicanos in the form of tokenism, taboos against "brown on brown" research--"men and women of color" writing on race issues--and inadequate preparation of teachers to deal with Chicano students...
Having received extreme unction from a Catholic priest in Houston, Texas, Matilde asks her friend Ada Luz to ensure that one of the "revolutionary priests from the slums" say mass upon her death. Such wishes, however, conflict with the desires of the communist party, which, under the direction of Lisboa, wants to turn the funeral into a leftist manifestation of power without competition from the Church...