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When web surfers from the city of Shenzhen, in southern China, visit a government website, they are greeted by two adorable cartoon figures, a tiny policeman and policewoman with friendly smiles, no noses (for some reason) and huge melting blue anime eyes. These little rascals' names are Jingjing and Chacha (jingcha is Mandarin for police), and they are there to remind Web surfers to behave themselves because the Internet cops are always watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Google Under the Gun | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...during a standing ovation, she responded, "It's mutual." She often let the music get the best of her and improvised dances across the stage. During a rendition of "Miss Chatelaine" from her Ingenue album, lang put the mike down just long enough to do a combination merengue-chacha, to the delight of the audience. Perhaps most indicative of her all-around goodness as a person was her practice of introducing each musician by name, along with a personal anecdote about each and an offering of her own sincere appreciation. "He survived Lilith Fair," she teasingly remarked about guitarist Kevin...

Author: By Erika L. Guckenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Take a 'Drag': Lang Smokes in Symphony Hall | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

Couples compete in rhythm and smooth American style and Latin and standard International style, Goh said. Dances include the waltz, foxtrot, quickstep tango and chacha...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: Dancers Compete Today | 2/3/1996 | See Source »

...American Style Team Match, which includes the waltz, tango, rhumba and swing, the Yale team came in second and the New York University team came in third, McMains said. In the International Style Team Match, which includes the waltz, quickstep, chacha and jive, Yale came in second and Cornell third...

Author: By Elizabeth Bernal, | Title: Dance Team Victorious | 2/8/1994 | See Source »

Most bands get started by dedicating years to road work; Dan has toured only once. Becker and Fagen seem satisfied sitting in the studio, sipping Cuervo Gold, calling in friends for an occasional overdub, growing old and rich. And America eats it up. Easy rock with a pseudo-Latin chacha, the formula hits its peak. Even the fast songs sound slow, thanks to the preposterously uninspired dribble of the guitar solos...

Author: By David M. Handelman, | Title: No Mettle | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

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