Word: harada
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...happy windfall, as the host nation rode on the cheers of its faithful fans to win more golds in 16 days than it had won in 70 years of Winter Games. Ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki assured himself of heartthrob status by flying away with three medals; more movingly, Masahiko Harada, who had let glory slip away in his final jump in two consecutive Olympics, somehow pulled off the longest jumps in Olympic history in two consecutive events to claim redemption. Roar after roar ran through the crowd, larger than in all the other arenas combined, and the grand swelling...
Sometimes the Nagano Games could seem less dynamic than aerodynamic as competitors muttered about clap skates and luge "booties" and strips on speed skaters' uniforms that helped them fly. But all the machinery in the world couldn't erase the piercing human moments: Harada, with his back against the temporary wall of a cafeteria, after his failure to win gold in the normal hill jump, a copy of the results sheet in a glove that said JAPAN; or Cammi Granato, the captain of the U.S. women's hockey team, after a black-lacquer disk with gold dust was hung around...
...TUESDAY The Japanese ski jumpers lost the team gold in 1994 on the last jump, but Harada & Co. have renewed confidence. The gold-medal game in women's ice hockey...
Japanese filmmaker Masato Harada will be directing the movie, part of which will be filmed along the Charles River from October...
Owner: Megumi Harada...