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Past midnight now, and Jesus arrives. Jesus ("Chucho") Valdes is the greatest jazz pianist in Cuba, perhaps one of the greatest pianists in the world. He's a tall man, 5 in. north of 6 ft., and wide-bodied. He is casually dressed tonight, clad in an untucked purple shirt, jeans and Fila 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...
While you're at Copley Square, take a minute to visit the tall buildings. The John Hancock Tower reflects the older buildings around it. The tallest building in Boston, it has a sightseeing deck and museum on its top floor...
Renting appliances may be an option ofconvenience, especially if you don't want to lug anewly-bought refrigerator or bulky fan back to thehomestead once Aug. 15 rolls around. Check out theHarvard Student Agencies (HSA) Campus Store. HSAoffers deals for renting tall 30" fans ($15 plus$15 deposit), refrigerators ($55 plus $35deposit), microfridges ($105 plus $50 deposit),televisions and telephones. The Campus Store alsosells lamps ($9 and up), helpful for brighteninggloomy Yard accommodations...
...Which, for like-minded Americans currently walking tall on Wall Street, is a sobering thought. Still, hard times in Tokyo can be good news for U.S. investors. "The time is coming when you should be buying Asian stocks," says Kadlec, who recommends placing around 5 percent of your portfolio in the troubled region. A tumbling yen also helps keep inflation down stateside, not to mention making it a little cheaper to vacation in the land of cherry blossoms...
...might have sat reverently by the living-room Zenith to hear the Metropolitan Opera and pick up a little Italian along the way. Now he hid in his bedroom with his plastic 45-r.p.m. player straining to figure out what the heck Little Richard was screaming. "Well long tall Sally she's biffaspeesheega [built for speed, She got] everything that Uncle John need." And what exactly, the boy wondered, did Uncle John need...