Word: hiro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Leading the way for Harvard was Mike Shyjan, who combined with Mike Zimmerman to win first doubles, 6-3, 6-4, and then dominated Hiro Takata at second doubles later...
...Mike Zimmerman (HARVARD) d. Gil Dailey (B.C.). 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; 2. Mike Shyjan (HARVARD) d. Hiro Takata, 6-0, 6-2; 3. Derek Brown (HARVARD) d. Chris O'Neill (B.C.), 6-3, 7-5; 4. Albert Chang HARVARD) d. Kevin Connolly (B.C.). 6-2, 7-5; 5. Jonathan Cardi (HARVARD) d. David Driscoll (B.C.), 6-4, 6-1; 6. Mark Leschly (HARVARD) d. J.J. Conners...
...Crown Prince's unpretentious residence half a mile from the Imperial Palace. But reports soon filtered out that Empress Nagako resented the intrusion of a commoner into the family. The situation was exacerbated when, in another break with tradition, Akihito and Michiko chose to raise their children -- Prince Hiro, now 28, Prince Aya, 23, and Princess Nori, 19 -- at home. In 1986 they stepped further into workaday modernity when they took their first subway ride...
...Crown Prince, Akihito began his workday at 10 a.m., planning public appearances and receiving visitors. Later the family would gather in the palace sitting room for tea and cake -- and for Prince Hiro, perhaps a slug of whiskey, which he learned to savor during two years at Oxford's Merton College. The eligible Prince Hiro, an aspiring historian, overshadows his father in the public mind because Japanese newspapers have unleashed squads of reporters to cover the big story: whom he will marry and when...
Like Hirohito, who was an avid amateur marine biologist, Akihito became an expert on fish. He is also a dedicated musician, and the palace often resounds with impromptu concerts of Mozart, Grieg or Beethoven; Akihito is a fine cellist and is joined by his wife playing the harp, Hiro on viola, Aya on the guitar and Nori at the piano. Says chief chamberlain Yasuo Shigeta: "This is a family so full of sweet music...