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COMPAY SEGUNDO, 95, died in his professional prime. Well known during the 1920s, '30s and '40s, the golden age of Cuban son music, Segundo saw his traditional balladeering trail into obscurity, and he spent nearly two decades as a roller in the H. Upmann cigar factory in Havana. Then, in his late 80s, he formed the Buena Vista Social Club with a gaggle of other aging all-stars. The eponymous album and motion picture reintroduced much of the world to Cuban music and made the charismatic Segundo perhaps the most recognizable beardless Cuban alive. The gregarious nonagenarian reveled...
...Mansur mission. One of the pilots, Capt. Chris Wachter, accompanied me in the simulator, an exact replica of a B1 cockpit. Hydraulic lifts under our seats shook our bodies as we "soared" through a series of acrobatic maneuvers through virtual skies. It wasn't until after the 30-minute roller coaster ride and discussions with several officials at the base that I was told that my flight had been approved...
...Harrity do well on the year-end tests--and Blakney thinks they will--she will give much of the credit to the school's new principal, Johnetta Smith, whom Edison chose for her success in the similarly beleaguered Washington system. The Harrity staff calls Smith "the lady with roller skates" for her seeming ability to be everywhere in the building at once. Blakney says she likes the fact that Philly schools chief Vallas will let Edison keep all 20 of its schools. "I have taken Vallas' lead," she says. "So far he's standing by Edison...
With the popularity of throwback jerseys still in full swing--old-school NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB jerseys are showing up on celebrities and regular folks alike--yet another sport has been added to the mix: women's roller-derby uniforms. Until now, "nobody has done a true vintage-sports line for women actually based on garments that were historically worn," says Jerry Cohen, co-owner of Stall and Dean, which launched the roller-derby line. "We have sold out of our first production run." The body-hugging tops and shorts represent four teams from the 1950s...
...class. “Welcome to America,” I remember telling him at the time, “where we shop for everything.” He recently told me, “It was big cultural shock for me to see students sleeping, eating, roller skating, with their bike in class. I almost left to go back to my country. I should say this, after being in the U.S. for now 10 years. Harvard has given me really the guts to believe in myself, to make my own decision...on what I would like...