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...fans that packed John J. Lee Amphitheater. In anticipation of the match-up with the hated Crimson (10-6, 2-1 Ivy), which was televised on the YES network, a vocal group of the sons of Eli filled the arena’s student section, which is located without buffer on top of the far sideline. The Yale fans, many dressed in an assortment of sports jerseys, did their best throughout the night to make things miserable for Harvard’s players—and their best was more than good enough to make Friday an extremely uncomfortable experience...
...anticipation of the match up with the hated Crimson (10-6, 2-1 Ivy), which was televised nationally on the YES network, a vocal group of the sons of Eli filled the arena’s student section, which begins without buffer right on top of the far sideline. The Yale fans, many dressed in an assortment of sports jerseys, did their best throughout the night to make things miserable for Harvard’s players—and their best was more than good enough to make Friday an extremely uncomfortable experience for the Crimson...
...that end, Koizumi has developed a bolder, if not outright confrontational, position with his Asian neighbors. At the same time, he has made a strategic decision to tie his country more tightly than ever to the U.S. as a buffer against the seemingly inexorable rise of China. In February, the Japanese government joined the U.S. in declaring peace in the Taiwan Strait a "common strategic objective"?a move highly provocative to China that would have been unfathomable even five years ago. After a postelection cabinet reshuffle in November, Koizumi's newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister, Taro Aso, said "Japan should...
...More convincingly, some agricultural officials in Tokyo caution that the countryside must be protected from development to maintain the aesthetic appeal of the shimmering paddies. The land would be ravaged by typhoons without well-tended rice fields, which act as sponges during heavy rains and are a buffer against erosion, according to farmers. "The rice paddies prevent floods and landslides and maintain the Japanese landscape," says Masahiro Konno, general manager at the WTO office of Japan's Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives. "A destruction of the rice farm will destroy agriculture in Japan...
...Washington's interest in bolstering the alliance is plain, so is Tokyo's. Koizumi has made a strategic decision to yoke his nation ever more tightly to the U.S. as a buffer to the seemingly inexorable rise of China, measured not least by the rapid modernization of its armed forces. During his four and a half years in office, Koizumi has pushed Japan and its so-called Self-Defense Force into a much higher profile on the world stage. In 2002, the Japanese destroyer Kirishima set sail for the Indian Ocean to help refuel U.S. and allied ships involved...