Word: kans
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...called Hotaru (Firefly). Hatsuyo now runs the Tomiya Inn in the building that once housed the eatery. Last fall, Akihisa, her brother-in-law, opened a near-exact replica of the eatery next door to display the soldiers' letters and photographs. It is called the Hotaru-kan, or the Firefly House...
...boat girl, Ee Kan, and boat boy, Ai Kum, seem to know what they're doing, poling furiously as the gnarled fingers of overhanging branches grasp and claw at us. Ee Kan wails as we scud past an exposed rock, and I prepare to abandon ship. As we slide over the last of the rapids into blessed calm water, I am relieved to remember that a serenade from these silk-swathed gondoliers was part of the deal. Both are Dai tribespeople, but they're singing their hearts out in Mandarin. "This is a famous Chinese song about...
...write your last will and testament, though, the road eases off into long, straight runs through rice paddies, and the previous hour's terror is left behind?much like the worst moments of river rafting, once the boat reaches calm waters. "We do fall in sometimes," admits Ee Kan, poling away from the rapids. But by the time we glide past a jungle that thrums with cicadas and dragonflies, I have forgotten my near dunking, and I am convinced this is a lovely way to lose an hour. Just don't wear your best Prada mules...
What was even greater was that the 6’8 Winter, from Topeka, Kan., had become an important contributor to the Crimson offense. Winter had started a dozen games as a freshman when star forward Dan Clemente ’01 went down with injury, but last season he averaged only 16 minutes per game—almost always off the bench. Averaging only 4.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game, Winter wasn’t even Harvard coach Frank Sullivan’s first option off the bench...
...commentary and lay odds on which finalist would take home the championship ring. Michel, whose sincerity seemed as thin as his hair gel is thick, sent Trista Rehn, a dancer for the Miami Heat, packing, leaving only AMANDA MARSH, 23, a breast-enhanced, doe-eyed events planner from Chanute, Kan. Though cameras recorded Michel buying an engagement ring, the Harvard graduate told Amanda he would keep it in a safe place while they moved to separate apartments in the same city to date and decide if they really liked each other. Oh, for a return to the dignity of arranged...