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...conceptions of musical and cultural identity has been a Taha trademark for more than 20 years. He's focused on merging the influences of his native Algeria with the European idioms he encountered after emigrating to France when he was 10. A native of Oran, a culturally rich northwestern port city, Taha came of age displaced from his Algerian roots but without being accepted by French society either. In 1980, after a series of drudge jobs, including a stint in a heater factory, Taha hooked up with a quartet - three of whom were fellow ethnic Arabs - in a Lyons suburb...
...player holds about eight hours of music or 120 songs, which means you will be refreshing your playlist frequently. That is relatively easy, especially with devices like Creative Labs' Muvo TX FM ($80 for 128 MB or $100 for 256 MB), which has a standard USB port built in so that you can plug it directly into your computer...
...While flights were canceled, factories shuttered and millions of people were left without power throughout the archipelago on Wednesday, Japanese television stations aired nonstop storm coverage, including riveting shots of gushing waters and daring rescues. In the western port city of Maizuru, 36 elderly tourists and their driver were stranded on the roof of their bus overnight as the overflowing Yura River swirled around them. The passengers later told Japan's Kyodo News service that they broke the windows of the bus with a hammer and then sang the 1961 hit Ue o Muite Arukou (known abroad as the Sukiyaki...
Despite the miscommunication, Radcliffe held a nine-second advantage over the field halfway into the race. Four rowing clubs—Undine Barge Club, Brock University Rowing Club, Port Moody Rowing Centre and Boston’s Community Rowing, Inc.—fell behind the Radcliffe four from the beginning, and rival Princeton was 16 seconds behind the Black and White at the first marker...
Smart crews take advantage of this portion of the course to step on the gas and attempt to pass slower opponents ahead of them. By custom, a passing crew must pass on the overtaken crew’s left (port) side, and if this occurs near or inside a bridge arch, boats may come too close together and oars may clash. A perfectly executed pass will take place between the two bridges in the Powerhouse, so a crew must time its acceleration perfectly...