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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...geisha in the Japan of the 30sand 40s, has been wildly successful. InMemoirs, Sayuri, an aging geisha recountsher youth spent in the Okiya, a cloisteredbrothel where women trained for the rigors of theGeisha art. Hatsumomo is the primadonna geisha ofthe Okiya, supporting a household of youngapprentices and aged ex-geishas. From the momentSayuri is sold into the Okiya Hatsumomorecognizes her as a challenge to her supremacy andspends the rest of the novel plotting Sayuri'sdemise...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, | Title: THE BOOK: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...more disturbing than being trapped with some maniac in headphones who periodically erupts in cackling laughter. But I couldn't help myself: you try keeping quiet while listening to Al Franken reading from his book Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot. Especially the introduction, in which Franken describes ex-U.N. Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick as "my former lover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Audible Books | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

JAMES ROGAN Politically vulnerable manager bragged about being ex-judge. What about ex-Congressman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Feb. 22, 1999 | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...unconvincing, the hood and the hooker sitting in a tree... The whole scenario is a waste of screen time that could be put to better use by Lucy Liu, legal eagle by prime time, dial-a-dominatrix in this celluloid romp. She deliciously performs her duties on Porter's ex-partner and is even called upon to give Porter some gun-totin' lovin. As Pearl, she is Gibson's true foil in this movie, she likes to inflict pain as much as he likes to take it. Suffice it to say, it's celebrity death match made in heaven...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PAYBACK TIME | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

...Where do you get inspiration for your jokes from? Are Ex-boyfriends and your parents really pissed...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stand Up for the Comedians, Love Your Liebman | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

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