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...simian star Koko, a lowland gorilla who quite famously speaks sign language and understands spoken English, is already a star in print with, among other works, the young-adult favorite Koko’s Kitten and the primatologist favorite “Mirror Behavior and Self-Concept in the Lowland Gorilla.” Now she’s ready to conquer the pop music world with her latest release Fine Animal Gorilla, a benefit CD for The Gorilla Foundation...
...just a motorcycle issue," warns a senior Japanese official. "People everywhere are watching closely to see whether Vietnam is really committed to opening up to investment." Even a safety advocate like Craft is mystified as to what Hanoi hopes to achieve, "They're playing with an 8,000-pound gorilla here, and it's giving Vietnam's reputation such a black eye. Why piss off Japan...
...really getting into James Taylor," says Beck, 32, cradling a beat-up copy of Taylor's 1975 easy-listening opus, Gorilla, its cover featuring amustachioed Taylor in white leisure suit and sandals. "When I was younger, I used to think he was awful. But people don't understand that as much as punk was rebelling against guys like this, he was rebelling against punk--just singing from the heart." Beck, who once fronted an L.A. punk band, is not kidding. He grabs eight used Taylor LPs and presents them to a goth kid behind the register. The kid smiles...
...million for a Colorado vitamin business that proved a bust, and it made a costly foray into Internet retailing. But those missteps have helped Whole Foods executives hone their strategy: to create a "supernatural" giant that can withstand the challenge from both conventional chains and the 500-pound gorilla called Wal-Mart, which is selling ever more low-priced organic fare...
...moment Zhao Wei, who has acted with Jiang twice in the past six months, confides, "I don't like this kind of man. He's too strong." And, she says, he isn't pretty either. "Everybody's face looks like some animal," she jokes. "Jiang's looks like a gorilla...