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...Winter Olympics where hyped athletes tumbled from grace, a little-known Japanese figure skater became a surprise star by keeping her tush off the ice. SHIZUKA ARAKAWA beat favorites Sasha Cohen of the U.S., who won the silver, and Irina Slutskaya of Russia, who took home the bronze. Arakawa, 24, considered retiring in 2004 and finished ninth at last year's world championships. But she stuck with it to please her dad and wound up scoring Japan's first figure-skating gold and becoming a national hero. Happy now, Mr. Arakawa? --By Alice Park...
...largest maker of epoxy boards, reports that business has doubled. Insiders say the search for new materials could mark a technological turning point, similar to an earlier move away from balsa wood toward polyurethane. "It will be the biggest shift in 40 years," says board-shaping icon Eric Arakawa...
...FULL METAL ALCHEMIST By Arakawa Hiromu A long awaited 9-volume manga series that tells the story of young brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric who attempt to use the science of alchemy to bring their mother back to life, with life changing and action packed results. (June...
...more traditional--and simple--sites, including the shitamachi, or low city. "This city is a succession of villages, and in each one the atmosphere is that of a different world," he explains. One of his favorite routes is from Waseda University down to the Minowabashi station on the Arakawa tram line. "It's a part of Tokyo that did not burn during World War II, so you can still find the small houses and the covered markets of the past," he explains. "And the people all know each other." Another favorite of his in shitamachi Tokyo, north of the Ikebukuro...
THIS IS NOT to say that Smulyan and other owners owe all their financial difficulties to the outrageous demands of players. Among the expenses that Smulyan has attributed to the Mariners when calculating his "losses" are a chartered plane to take him from Indianapolis to "home" games (Arakawa could take the bus) and payments he is still making on the loan that financed his purchase of the team in the first place. Smulyan is not losing money--he is just not making as much as he wants as quickly as he had hoped...