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...casetas have sound systems that never stop playing Sevillanas, the local music accompanied by a dance of the same name. Other casetas hire a cantaor (flamenco singer). Buy some castanets at the local market and join in at the casetas de distrito, tents where anyone can take the stage - enthusiasm is more important than talent. Be prepared to stay up late: the party doesn't start until 9 p.m. and goes on until 6 a.m. Despite the late nights, Sevillanos start off with a midday parade of local landowners on horseback and in ornate horse-drawn carriages. And after...
...treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder the brand of this country," says Denis Dinulescu, who wrote the script in 1994 but only now found someone to stage it. A Day in the Life opens during the couple's early years, when Nicolae was a humble shoemaker and Elena sold seeds at the Bucharest market, then traces the Ceausescus' rise to power and infamy. One lavish scene re-enacts the staged mass rallies they were so fond...
...Mugabe's misrule in Johannesburg, London and other expat centers. In London, a gaggle of protesters gathers every Saturday outside the Zimbabwean embassy. Britain is also the base for Short Wave Radio Africa, which beams news into Zimbabwe, and the recently launched weekly newspaper The Zimbabwean. Activists plan to stage mock polls on election day in Johannesburg, London and Sydney to highlight the ban on expat voting...
Columnist Charles Krauthammer's "Three Cheers for the Bush Doctrine" [March 14] was narrow-minded and premature. We can't judge at this early stage whether democracy will take hold in the Middle East. Terrorism is on the rise. We have alienated our allies. At home we are cutting funding for basic programs. I for one am not cheering...
DIED. KENZO TANGE, 91, Japan's most influential postwar architect, who led the rebuilding of Hiroshima with his peace-park design in 1949; in Tokyo. A winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize, he helped re-elevate his country to the world stage with his twin comma-shaped sports arenas for Tokyo's 1964 Olympics...