Word: banzaied
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President Carter thinks the banzai bunny that he had to fend off with a paddle [Sept. 10] was "just a nice, typical Georgia rabbit," wait until he sees the nice banzai American public when the presidential election comes...
Thunderous applause and shouts of "Banzai!" rang through the plush Tokyo headquarters of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party last week as Takeo Fukuda, 71, was unanimously chosen party president. Just minutes earlier, a grim-faced Takeo Miki, Japan's incumbent Premier, had received nearly as tumultuous an ovation when he bowed out as head of the party. The script was replayed the following day in the Diet's lower house; this time Miki resigned as Premier and Fukuda, with the L.D.P. controlling a bare majority of seats in the chamber, again succeeded him, becoming Japan...
...spectacles ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, Japan was a rising Pacific power that worshiped both the Emperor's divinity and the potentials of military strength in a world sick of war and attempting unsuccessfully to disarm. That was on Christmas Day, 1926. Last week, with three rousing shouts of "Banzai!" followed by a loud brass fanfare, government and diplomatic notables marked the 50th anniversary of Emperor Hirohito's accession...
Minutes later, Maeno cut the Piper's engine and shouted into his microphone the traditional kamikaze pilot's farewell: Tenno Heika Banzai!-Long Live the Emperor! He then dove his plane into Kodama's house, where it slammed into a second-floor balcony and exploded in flames. Maeno died instantly. But neither Kodama, resting in another room, nor any of his family or staff was hurt...
...Virginia Polytechnic Institute dropout now on his way to becoming a millionaire (he was the first in the business to put boards on plastic wheels). Sophisticated models cost upwards of $40, v. $5 or so for the skateboards of a decade ago. The new boards, bearing names like Freestyle, Banzai and Road Rider, come in psychedelic colors and have fueled a satellite industry manufacturing accessories such as T shirts (often with top pros' names on them), bikinis, special crepe-soled sandals and souped-up axles. Four skateboarding movies have been made, and SkateBoarder, a magazine that went...