Word: japanization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Just as the music accompanying Austin Powers as he dances around London suits his style, so too does the new album Peach Head fit a certain style. Only the style is "life in the slow lane." The album comes from Natural Calamity, a band The Japan Times calls "Tokyo's best-kept secret." The record brings guest vocalist Stephanie Heasley together with the original members of Natural Calamity, Shunji Mori and Kuni Sugimoto. The result is a "peachy" sounding record with some great moments, but some listeners may find the peach a little too soft...
...always played good cop, bad cop with the Japanese on its economy," he says. Privately, Clinton is disappointed with the latest in a long string of stimulus packages. But he's not about to say that to Japan -- at least not today. "Japan is very proud about being told what to do," says Branegan, "but there are times when U.S. pressure can be an excuse for Tokyo to push through unpopular reforms. It just has to be nuanced in the right way." And as Ken Starr reminded us during his testimony Thursday, if anybody knows nuance, it's Bill Clinton...
Next week, Strothman will travel to the University of Southern California for the single-handed nationals. Over Thanksgiving weekend, he will represent his country in the U.S.-Japan Goodwill Regatta, held in Newport Beach...
Even though scientists expect this month's peak display of Leonids to occur over China, Japan and Southeast Asia--during daylight hours in the U.S.--J.P.L.'s Yeomans suggests that Americans who are curious should scan the early morning skies on both Nov. 17 and Nov. 18. They will certainly see some meteors, he says, and the vagaries of the meteor stream may just present them with a good show. Anyway, he says, celestial circumstances make it unlikely the Leonids will perform much in the next 100 years or so. "Do it now or next November," he urges, "or write...
...part of the experiment, Glenn and Dr. Chiaka Mukai, a payload specialist from Japan, spent four nights wired to sensors that monitored breathing, muscle tension, brain waves, oxygen levels and eye and body movement. After their return Saturday, they slept at Johnson Space Center in Houston, still wired to the sensors. They will continue to give blood and urine samples for the next few weeks. Czeisler was still in Houston yesterday according to his secretary, and could not be reached for comment...