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...percolating in other cities where ethnic minorities are fast becoming demographic majorities. In New York City, Eliot Feld choreographs his edgily urban dances for a colorful troupe drawn from the classrooms of Ballet Tech, a public school devoted to dance; the equally diverse Miami City Ballet recently premiered Mambo No. 2 A.M., a collaboration between Balanchine acolyte Edward Villella and '50s mambo king Pedro ("Cuban Pete") Aguilar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Diversity, en Pointe | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...consultation with Dr. Hu of Atlantic Community Clinics, Gossip Guy was disappointed to learn that chronic masturbation is not an actual affliction. Nevertheless, he will continue to use this term to describe people like Samantha L. Watson '02...Freshman Alexander T. Schmidt '03 has been playing his MP3 of "Mambo #5" for sixteen days straight. Roommate Bobby M. Braithwaite '03 has divided their Holworthy double in half using duct tape and guards his side vigilently with a baseball bat...Kelly Rodriguez '02 and Samuel F. Nixon '01 made eye contact during section yesterday. Could it be love? "Nope," confides Professor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Gossip Guy! | 2/3/2000 | See Source »

...other room. We head into the green-lit room, and Tad informs me that I "better make some friends fast," as he disappears into the crowd. I dance a bit with Team Tag-along and then leave them to meet some authentic MIT frat brothers, whom I approach as "Mambo #5" fills the murky air from the party's fog machine. Eventually I end up in the DJ Room, where the usual DJ-table crowd is gathered. With no alcohol present, the bartender serves (unlaced) brownies. Realizing it is time to head back to Harvard, I search...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Just Can't Get Enough: One Night, 15 Parties | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...Herm brings his mini-sermon to a quick close. There is a scuffle and a muted shout, and the horde empties almost instantaneously into the fleet of cars. Out the open windows you can hear strains of September's inescapable novelty hit, Lou Bega's mildly salacious Mambo No. 5: "A little bit of Monica in my life/ A little bit of Erica by my side... / A little bit of Sandra in the sun/ A little bit of Mary all nightlong." The kids sing along. But not as loudly as they did in Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wednesday: 7:00 P.M. Faith | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...They do not. Carrie pays with bills from a silver plastic wallet. Beth comes over and hands her a glass of water. "Mambo Number Five" plays on the loudspeaker, and Carrie bops her shoulders and beats a pattern on her leg with one hand. Beth wiggles her hips; the spikes on her low-slung belt jut from side to side. Neither smiles...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: CRLS.: The Kids Next Door | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

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