Word: notes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tried repeatedly to get Dunlap or his lawyer on the phone but was unsuccessful. And I should note for the record that in the past I have written favorably of Dunlap, whose policy of fast and deep cost cutting at troubled companies, I believe, makes sense. Clearly, though, I was wrong about how far he could take Sunbeam...
...sneakers. He has played in the U.S. before, but this month he is embarking on his first sizable Stateside tour, one of the most extensive by any Cuban performer since the embargo began in 1962. Valdes has a new solo CD to promote, Bele Bele en la Habana (Blue Note), an album of virtuosity and intellect and sorcery that could just turn out to be the attention-grabbing Kind of Blue of Cuban jazz...
...musicians directly, so when European and Japanese labels sign Cuban performers, the American companies sometimes step in as Stateside distributors. In other cases, the musicians are signed by the American companies' foreign subsidiaries--Valdes, for example, is technically signed to EMI Canada, making it possible for EMI's Blue Note label in the U.S. to release...
...start-up disk, which is a way to boot your system if all else fails. Also during setup you can save a copy of Windows 95. Do this in case you want to revert to your old operating system--a fallback if, say, your Win 98 disk is corrupted. Note, however, that the backup will consume 50 megabytes of space on your hard drive, which you'll want to reclaim later. (Windows 98 hogs 200 megabytes of space and likes an additional 100 megs for wiggle room.) Delete the old operating system by selecting "Add/Remove Programs" in your Control Panel...
Curl up with a book, but note that not all libraries are well-suited for this. Widener's stacks have a reputation for getting quite steamy at times. The lack of ventilation is distressing even in the winter, when it is still frequently overheated...