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...opposition. At a press conference last week, Fukuda stated: "I intend to work up a full dialogue with the opposition parties." University of Tokyo Political Scientist Shinkichi Eto only half jokingly muses that if "I were Fukuda, I'd be taking the opposition leaders to some nice quiet geisha house in Akasaka...
...greatest sires of all time, the sire of triple crown winner Gallant Fox, and the grandsire of triple crown winner Omaha. Hasty Road's maternal grandsire is Discovery, a champion racer and an excellent sire. Other daughters of Discovery include Miss Disco, Bold Ruler's dam, and Geisha, the dam of Native Dancer. Discovery is by Display, who is by the sire of Man O' War and is a legendary handicap horse...
Ford's sallies into international diplomacy have been marred by little things like tripping on the airplane ramp in Salzburg, or finding himself yucking it up with a geisha named Honorable Treasure Pleasure in Japan while the U.S. stock market plummeted and Chrysler Corp. announced it was closing five plants. His relentless political assault on the American people last fall is now regarded by almost every opinion analyst as a major factor in his year-end decline in the polls...
...also live comfortably among the signs and customs of 2,000 years. The grounds of Seoul's Kyongbok Palace in late spring are rich with blossoms. Korean men still like to relax and discuss the business of the day at a Kisaeng party, the Korean equivalent of a geisha soirée. Less contrived and artful than its Japanese counterpart, a Kisaeng party is a time to sing, dance, talk and relax...
...dedicated right-wing superpatriot who decries the social changes that are moving Japan away from traditional manners and mores. In traditional fashion, he likes to boast of his conquest of more than 500 women, ranging from "a distant relative of Emperor Taisho to almost all the top geisha." His unbridled admiration for Benito Mussolini -"the perfect fascist and dictator" -lingers to this day. Indeed, Sasakawa sometimes boasts that he is the "world's wealthiest fascist...