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Keene learned Japanese at the U.S. Navy Japanese Language School during World War II, and worked throughout the war translating captured documents. He also interrogated - and sometimes comforted - captured soldiers in Okinawa and Hawaii. Keene told one desolate prisoner who asked why he shouldn't kill himself that he should...
Greasy Imperialism As a diabetes nurse-educator, I am gravely concerned about Yum Brands' impact on global health [Jan. 28]. On a recent tour of hospitals in China with a delegation from the American Association of Diabetes Educators, I saw the detrimental results of fast food's rise in overseas...
What's it like to hear people booing you? -Gary Schubert STROUDSBURG, PA.I've gotten so numb to it. I get more concerned when the cheers and boos aren't as loud. I learned that a long time ago when people were booing Dale Earnhardt. It's O.K. as long...
The other day I was at the gym doing a pilates routine and reading about whether Suri Cruise really is the spawn of L. Ron Hubbard. I actually think she is. I have thought that ever since I realized, purely through my own powers of deductive reasoning, that Katie Holmes...
Want to bring up your grades this semester? Take a nap. At least that’s what a recent Harvard study suggests. The experiment tested memory used for factual recall and found that a 45-minute nap boosted participants’ ability to remember recently learned information.