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Kamakiriad is described by Fagen as an allegorical journey set in the near future where "the narrator, instead of having a winged horse, has an environmentally correct car called a Kamakiri, which in Japanese means preying mantis." Typically, there are other, unspoken, allusions. Kamikaze for one -- the headlong, heedless plunge into a blaze of glory. But in this case Fagen's muse has emerged Phoenix-like from the ashes to resurrect the spirit of a brilliantly quirky collaboration...
...market trends and wait for business to improve, but these are not normal times. While the U.S. is making a modest comeback in car sales, Europe and Japan show no signs of a turnaround. And none of the world's major car markets are likely to return to the headlong expansion of the 1980s. That is a particularly painful prospect for the Japanese companies, which have justified continuing investment in new plants and models on the premise of selling ever more cars...
...Katzenberg is also a moviemaker, justly proud of his studio's work in reviving the American cinema's unique contribution to 20th century art. Aladdin, with its headlong, death-snubbing herobatics, is a cartoon Raiders of the Lost Ark. Today's best animators, excavating and restoring the medium of Walt, Tex and Chuck, are triumphant raiders of the lost...
...disclosures led Phar-Mor to lay off 100 of its 800 headquarters employees and could brake the chain's headlong expansion. Beginning with a single store a decade ago, Phar-Mor grew to 305 outlets in 33 states and employs 23,000 workers...
Hogwood's recordings have met with critical acclaim and commercial success beyond the wildest dreams of those who championed "authentic" performance during its infancy. And he hardly seems surprised. To counter the claims of those who disparage the period performance movement as a headlong rush into the musical past, he says: "this is not historicizing; it happens that this way of playing is the most modern way of playing this music." If his words don't convince his music will...