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...changed its security policy since the incident, said spokesperson Danna Burtanger...
...What I realized is that it's really important to take intelligent action," said Danna Katz, a Cambridge resident. "I was one that would boycott. Now I realize that's not really helpful...
According to Danna Smith, executive director of the Dogwood Alliance, a North Carolina-based forest advocacy group, Southern forests are already beginning to show the strains of increased logging...
...Many men are boorish and cruel around geisha, and geisha are expected to be subservient to men in everything, but men place geisha on a sort of erotic pedestal. They will pay exorbitant amounts for a geisha's virginity, and the sums they pay to become a geisha's danna, or exclusive sexual partner, could support a family in many cases. The danna is the key distinguishing feature between a geisha and a prostitute; the effort and expense involved in becoming a geisha's danna is almost as significant as that involved in obtaining a wife...
...stirring soundtrack includes original compositions by Mychael Danna, a piano piece by Schubert and Leonard Cohen's impossibly catchy "Everybody Knows." Danna's music, which uses Indian instruments and draws on classical, popular Indian influences, contributes to the director's exploration of exoticism and desire. Cohen's song reflects on the characters' situation: everybody knows something is going on, yet no one can see the whole picture or address the situation...