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...geisha still pervades Western ideas of Japanese women. Among servicemen, the gaggles of pretty Japanese girls are a big reason that Okinawa ranks high on the "dream sheet," the list of desired stations for enlisted men, which usually includes Hawaii and the bases closest to their hometowns. Demetrius Young, 27, a black Marine corporal from Miami, has been stationed in Okinawa just a week and already: "I loooove Okinawa. Why? The ladies, they're all beee-yooo-tiful." There's a difference between viewing the ladies as delectable temptations, though, and seeing them as a free buffet course. "A young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex And Race In Okinawa | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

...geisha still pervades Western ideas of Japanese women. Among servicemen, the gaggles of pretty Japanese girls are a big reason why Okinawa ranks high on the "dream sheet," the list of desired stations for enlisted men that usually includes Hawaii and the bases closest to their hometowns. Demetrius Young, 27, a black Marine Corporal from Miami, has been stationed in Okinawa just a week, and already: "I loooove Okinawa. Why? The ladies, they're all beee-auuu-tiful." There's a difference between viewing the ladies as delectable temptations, though, and viewing them as a free buffet course. "A young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Okinawa Nights | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

This surely was overkill. After all, beach volleyball is a sport that prohibits bikinis bigger than a certain size. Its charms are self-evident. Other sports are in vastly more dire need of the bonhomie of Dave and his ilk. Athens might like to consider Epee Demetrius for the fencing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laugh Track | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...early morning, James Demetrius, a Boston resident, was arrested outside Apley Court with binoculars and flashlight...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Police Log | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...gamble his way into some extra money. The 4-ft. Jordan wannabe challenged his 6-ft. neighbor to a pickup game played with a makeshift basketball hoop fashioned from a milk crate and plywood. "R. said, 'Put your 15 up,' and he threw 15[cents] on the ground," says Demetrius Tulloch, 20. "R. was always saying, 'Put your money up.'" And as always, Tulloch let the boy win his loose change. Just around the corner at the Wash Factory, R.'s eight-year-old buddy "E." was hanging around in hopes of earning some spending money. More soft-spoken than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Kid Stuff | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

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