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...didn't speak Japanese well," he says with a grimace. "But now, when I tell them I'm a University of Tokyo student, they think of me as that, not just as a Chinese." Kuang then breaks into a Chinese-style, open-mouth guffaw - followed quickly with the head-bob of a discreet Japanese bow. At just 23, he's already the perfect embodiment of a new East Asia based not on rivalry but opportunity...
Former South Carolina Governor David Beasley built the fire walls that saved front runners Bob Dole and George W. Bush from insurgencies past. This year he's helping organize Huckabee's effort in what could be the make-or-break primary. Everything's ready; all he needs now is money. "He's perfectly positioned," Beasley said, as Huckabee's wave rose up north in Iowa. "The lack of performance by some other candidates, coupled with his extraordinary performance, has made Mike Huckabee viable...
...Brattle streets. When FM visited one weekday afternoon, inquiring after Mitchell, the solemn man who came to the door introduced himself as Mitchell’s brother, and explained that Mitchell had passed away that day—then laughed. “Just kidding! I’m Bob.” The multi-talented Mitchell might show a customer how a water filter he has patented works by folding up an 18th century map, or perhaps have the customer try on the emergency parachute that he keeps in the front of the store, but his life...
...Bob Parker, 72, a retiree, and his wife Loretta, 69, a receptionist, hosted a "very friendly and wholesome" Huckabee staffer for several months in Story City, near Ames. "I learned how these young people can be inspired," he says. "They're working 21 hours a day and not begrudging it. And they make very little money...
...responsibilities were assumed by Interim Building Manager Karen Haley, whose last day on the job was Friday. In an e-mail to the Lowell community last Monday, Haley said she was leaving the House “with a heavy heart.” The new building manager, Bob Sammonds, will take over today, according to an e-mail to the House from Eck. As Lowell undergoes this transition in management, Coveney’s family members are also nostalgic. “It’s just really strange. We were in elementary school since he started here...