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Chmn Marrow cites Com on Civil Rights in Manhattan study showing some restaurants discriminate against dark-skinned UN delegates
Eisenhower, in obvious ref to Khrushchev, scores name-calling by 'enemies of human dignity,' s, Notre Dame U
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1960Steve Vai, American musician[†]
Steven Siro Vai is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released 11 solo albums to date. He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake, as well as recording with artists such as Public Image Ltd, Mary J. Blige, Spinal Tap, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, and Polyphia. Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts G3, Zappa Plays Zappa, Beat and the Experience Hendrix Tour, as well as headlining international tours.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]