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...Buenos Aires. Serving from 1991-99, Di Tella possessed a diplomatic savvy that culminated in the 1998 visit to England by Carlos Menem, the first by an Argentinian President after the war. DIED. EILEEN HECKART, 82, recipient of an Oscar, two Emmys and a special lifetime achievement Tony; in Norwalk, Connecticut. Best known for her eccentric character roles, Heckart first won recognition on Broadway in 1953 for her portrayal of middle-aged Rosemary Sydney in the love story Picnic. DIED. ALFRED "FREDDY" HENRY HEINEKEN, 78, third-generation owner of the Heineken beer empire responsible for building the brand into...
...bargain for their compensation because they "get to play," then who should get the extra money that a Tiger or an A-Rod attracts? The team owner or league president in the corner office who has none of the talents or skills that fans pay to see? STEPHEN VELIE Norwalk, Conn...
...that a brisk November morning finds me checking in to the Doubletree Club hotel in Norwalk, Connecticut. Norwalk is not what the average swinging guy would consider a sexy weekend getaway, especially if one is alone, far from the comforts of home and all of one's stuff. Being surrounded by my stuff is very important to me, especially on Saturday morning, when a good amount of it is strewn about the house awaiting the weekly muster, and missing this opportunity to prepare my things for redeployment presents an unwelcome wrinkle in my routine. But here I am, preparing...
...NONE OF THESE RESOURCES MAKE THE DARN THING any easier to play, hence the pilgrimage to Norwalk. My seminar is conducted by Joe Wright, one of the more cutting-edge players on the scene, who looks like a cross between Austin Powers and Joey Ramone, and who takes the group through drills emphasizing the importance of the right hand. Isolating problems on the steel is a little like trying to decide which one in a school of piranhas is hurting you more, and Wright's method provides a solid grounding that's all the more welcome in that...
...wait for the cab to take me to the Norwalk train station, listening to the tape I made of Jernigan's performance, I think of William Carlos Williams' line, and it occurs to me that in this quixotic adventure, I'm following those same currents of refined obsession, trying to claim a small, evanescent patch of the American fantasy. The maverick creative spirit that animated Henry Ford and Les Paul and Elvis is fully manifest in this impossible instrument, which is as crazy and American as it gets...