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...starts as just an idea, a flicker of a thought about how to get even with all those guys. They're disgusting, really, the way they just sit there and practically drool over her at the cabaret and then fork over a few hundred dollars to have sex. So why not, you know, lead them on? Make them think she was going to give it up, and then jump the guys and rob them. Kayoko, a thin 17-year-old with long, permed hair, is sitting with two girlfriends on a wooden bench when she hatches the plan. This grassy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Girl Gangs | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

After the Crimson defense held Princeton on its subsequent drive, Harvard once again turned to Fitzpatrick to lead the offense. The rookie demonstrated good speed in rushing 14 yards for a first down and then showed off his arm with a 39-yard flea flicker pass to senior receiver Dan Farley. Farley’s superb catch brought the Crimson within striking distance at the close of the third quarter...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Holds on to Defeat Tigers, 28-26 | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

Olé, though barraged by a number of obnoxious and hungry students on this particular early evening, happens to be a prime venue for a romantic date. The food and drink are unusual and unbelievably tasty, the tables are intimately placed and candles flicker as pitchers of sangria and huge goblets of margaritas are placed in front of each happy couple. If anything, head to Olé simply to see the outrageous measures taken to produce a stone bowl full of guacamole...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out | 10/4/2001 | See Source »

...dusk outside the gates of Kadena Air Force Base, neon signs flicker on as servicemen begin to congregate, poking around in the clothing stores, buying yakitori on sticks from street vendors and horsing around. Some of the men later make their way to the dance clubs, others to the billiard bars. As midnight approaches, carloads of women pull into the parking lots nearby. They fix their lipstick in the rearview mirrors and tease out their hair as if according to some military instruction manual. It's as if they're going into battle...

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

...dusk outside the gates of Kadena Air Force Base, neon signs flicker on as servicemen begin to congregate, poking around in the clothing stores, buying yakitori on sticks from street vendors and horsing around. Some of the men later make their way to the dance clubs, others to the billiard bars. As midnight approaches, carloads of women pull into the parking lots nearby. They fix their lipstick in the rearview mirrors and tease out their hair as if according to some military instruction manual. It's as if they're going into battle...

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

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