Word: kiri
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Could those little golden men be contemplating hara-kiri with those swords? Perhaps, if they had any idea of the farce they seem poised to act out Monday night...
...shame occupied the same place in American culture that it does in Japan, Washington, D.C., would be Suicide City. The hara-kiri of a Japanese Finance Ministry official this week after he was questioned by officials investigating bribery is simply the latest indication that the spectre of public disgrace still compels men of power in Japan to take the way of the samurai. Continued...
...Philadelphia--Bad in general. Third baseman Scott Rolen and center fielder Wendell Megee are the future. If the Phillies don't commit hara-kiri first...
...PUCCINI La Boheme (Erato). Conductor Kent Nagano restores the freshness and bloom to Puccini's heart-tugging tale of young love won and lost. Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa as Mimi and tenor Richard Leech as Rodolfo are with him every step...
...another label. Warner record officials note that other major record companies -- who are, after all, Time Warner competitors -- have pointedly failed to come to Time Warner's defense over the issue of rap. "Obviously," says one senior Warner record executive, "if just Time Warner falls and commits hara-kiri, that will be great for people who hate the company. But it won't do anything to change what kids are exposed to. It will just shift profits from one company to another." Critics respond that this has nothing to do with what may or may not be Time Warner...