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...irredeemably schmaltzy songs Bacharach and his long-time lyricist Hal David ever wrote. Indeed, despite the passion and intelligence of Tyner's playing, when we finally hear the notes that correspond to the words "Why do birds suddenly appear..." is it humanly possible not to think of sipping mai tais at an airport piano bar? Or of Karen Carpenter starving herself to death? Or of old-fashioned melody's last stand on the pop charts...
Central Africa's military messiah is accompanied by a bizarre band of apostles. Many of Kabila's soldiers are clad in rubber Wellington boots, and their uniforms are gleaned from several different armies. Until recently, they were assisted by Mai-Mai tribesmen, who smoke marijuana, worship water and festoon themselves with bathroom fixtures--mainly faucets and hoses--in the belief that these fetishes will aid them in battle. For the moment, the rebel leader has established his headquarters in Mobutu's former home in Goma. He has dubbed his new residence "the Museum of Shame" because its ostentatious decor mirrors...
...because "Troi O!" is what the man who saved McCain's life 29 years ago shouted when meeting him for the first time in Hanoi. During the Vietnam War McCain ejected from his plane into Hanoi's Truc Bach Lake. He was unconscious, with two broken legs, when MAI VAN ON, a member of the People's Army, swam in and fished him out with two bamboo poles. On's neighbors called him a coward for not beating the American. These days McCain is at the forefront of the push to normalize relations with Vietnam. "I didn't know...
...think having a conference at Harvard does lend legitimacy to the cause," said Wellesley senior Mai N. Nguyen. "But will the administration be accountable? Will they do something about ethnic studies...
DIED. TERESA TENG, 43, Taiwanese pop singer; after suffering an asthma attack in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Though Beijing banned her Mandarin love songs as "spiritual pollution" in the 1980s, fans snatched up recordings smuggled in through Hong Kong; it was said that "Little Teng" was more popular than "Old Deng" Xiaoping...