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...pushes the actor into Wesley Snipes territory, as he plays a figure who channels both a taciturn John Wayne hero and the implacable warriors of Japanese samurai films like Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo and the Zatoichi blind-swordsman series - all of which fed on, and in turn fed, the Hollywood notion of solitary, preternatural machismo. The new movie taps Washington's coiled strength, transforms that asset into a weapon and gives him the chance to kick ass for righteousness' sake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Savior: Denzel Washington in Book of Eli | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

Wake Forest allowed only one shot on goal from the Crimson men in the first half of the game off the foot of senior Andre Akpan, but the Demon Deacons’ goalkeeper Akira Fitzgerald made the save...

Author: By Christen B. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Drops Defensive Battle to Demon Deacons | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...before. They're serious about changing the way that government works - and that's reflected in this Cabinet." Hatoyama has surrounded himself with key DPJ executives in what Okumura says could be the "strongest across the board" Cabinet ever. Key members are Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii and Health Minister Akira Nagatsuma, who will have to deal with tough issues that the Japanese public - aging and anxious about the future - want tackled quickly: the anemic economy and the mismanaged pension system run by the Health Ministry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's New Prime Minister — and New Shadow Shogun | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...self-discipline, Warrior Mind Training draws on the image of the mythic Japanese fighter, an elite swordsman who honed his battle skills along with his mental precision. The premise? Razor-sharp attention plus razor-sharp marksmanship equals fearsome warrior. (Read about the samurai film version of King Lear by Akira Kurosawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Samurai Mind Training for Modern American Warriors | 9/6/2009 | See Source »

...arrived in Cambridge, where he would spend the rest of his professional life.As a young professor, May was known for his rhetorical talent and relaxed, accessible style. “He came to class with a scrap of paper, no formal lecture notes,” said Akira Iriye, May’s former student and colleague in the History Department. “He just simply went on talking without interruption. That was just overwhelming.” Iriye first worked with May in 1957, when Iriye came to Harvard as a graduate student. May eventually became his dissertation...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former College Dean Dies at 80 | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

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