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Before he turned 13, Cuban Jazz musician Israel (Cachao) López was playing professionally--though he had to stand on a wooden crate to reach the neck of his bass. In 1937 he and his brother Orestes composed a tune called El Danzón Mambo, which later rocketed to popularity simply as the mambo when the pace was slowed for dancing. His freestyle jam sessions paved the way for groups like the Buena Vista Social Club, with whom his nephew now plays bass. Throughout his career, López was revered by fellow musicians, but he was launched to international fame...
...fine-tune Egerszegi's posture, he developed other exercises like having her swim the backstroke with a cup of water on her forehead. She ultimately won seven Olympic medals--five of them gold--from 1988 to '96. Kiss believes her most noteworthy success came in a non-Olympic event in 1991, when she set a 200-m-backstroke world record that was not broken until this year...
...fact that most rapists are men, most people hear the untruth that most men are rapists.“That’s not the case obviously or the message, but it’s sometimes what some women and men hear and therefore get defensive or simply tune out, especially when the message is being delivered by a woman,” Rankin said in an e-mailed statement.Men often feel as though they are being “bashed” during conversations about sexual assault, said Van Niel, when this is not the case at all.But...
...found itself a new poster girl. Adorned with tattoos and a beehive, and blessed with a smoky voice beyond her 24 years, Amy Winehouse sat proudly atop the U.K.'s album charts this spring after scooping up five awards at the Grammys in Los Angeles. She sang her signature tune for the audience there via satellite from London: "They tried to make me go to rehab/ I said...
...worst part of Cookie Monster’s metamorphosis into a more sensible eater is that it actually is worse for the children that tune into Sesame Street these days. Just as important as exemplary role models are their negative counterparts, characters kids can learn not to emulate. Watching Cookie Monster’s effect on the viewer, it seems obvious that what he was really providing was an example of gluttony to be avoided...