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Higashi was founded by Dr. Kiyo Kitahara, a teacher who believed in searching out the "bud of self-identity" in every autistic child and fostering it with loving care. Her program, Daily Life Therapy, is more like Floortime than like ABA (see "A Tale of Two Schools") but takes its own unique approach. The first step is to get the child to develop a 24-hour rhythm through intense physical exercise. For example, a lot of autistic kids will eat only a few select foods, and many have difficulty sleeping through the night. At Higashi the kids jog twice...
...money feeds the local economy." Loder's completed project could add more than $1 million in property taxes, so supporters contend the lake benefits the community by improving the socioeconomic impact of the water. "This valley was built on agriculture, but that's now our weakest link," says Russell Kitahara, a melon farmer and a member of the water district's board of directors. "Unfortunately, people don't want to hear that...
Sons of the most successful farmers, naturally enough, see things differently. California's Gary Kitahara, 26, a third-generation Japanese American, studied chemistry, accounting and business administration, and "was never all that excited about farming"?even though his father George, 59, has made enough money growing nectarines, plums, peaches and grapes to buy not one but two airplanes to fly for fun. Says Gary: "I had seen my dad struggle, and there were times that it didn't look real good." But Gary's mind changed rapidly when Dad offered to buy him his own farm and take...
Scientists are changing the nature of crops so fast that, as George Kitahara puts it, "present varieties of fruit trees are obsolete before they are full grown." Consider, for instance, what scientists at the University of California at Davis are doing with the lowly tomato. They have developed a "square" tomato with a tough flat-sided skin that is ideal for both picking by machine and packing for shipment without bruising; it has become the standard tomato for canning. Now agrono mists are close to developing a tomato resistant to the salt that settles in irrigated fields or is blown...
...married to Mie Kitahara, who was his co-star in 22 pictures, and they live in a rich suburb. This has steadied Yujiro, and he now works hard at his acting, his business enterprises and his weekly prime-time TV show. "A man must do things," he now says, flashing a Western value earned with much pain and much recompense. "Action is the rule...
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