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...televised scenes of people looting stores in New Orleans. Panicked and helpless citizens had to evacuate their homes and businesses in the flooded city, yet some people took to stealing from unguarded shops. Aren't they ashamed? I thought Americans were more considerate of those in trouble. Makoto Takahashi Yokohama, Japan...
...televised scenes of people looting stores in New Orleans. Panicked and helpless citizens had to evacuate their homes and businesses in the flooded city, yet some people took to stealing from unguarded shops. Aren't they ashamed? I thought Americans were more considerate of those in trouble. Makoto Takahashi Yokohama, Japan It's one world, and we here in Europe are with you in the U.S. The suffering in the wake of Katrina will not have been in vain if it helps bring Americans and the Bush Administration to their senses about climate change. The U.S. should either ratify...
...Makoto Concern...
...country--and within a generation, their life-spans decrease and their rates of cancer and heart attack zoom. Even on the island, young males are following the seductive, virulent American style and renouncing imo for hamburgers. "Okinawan male life expectancy used to be No. 1 in Japan," says Dr. Makoto Suzuki, leader of the study of Okinawan elders. "It started to decline 10 years ago and hit 26th out of 47 prefectures in the 2000 census. I expect it to decline even further in the next census...
...shock of disbelief, as none of the jokes are particularly outstanding. Yet this production is incessantly likeable, propelled by the sheer enthusiasm of the cast. The entire enterprise is so cheerfully bizarre and unrepentently unsophisticated—the eponymous frogs, hopping to dreamily surreal live guitar (courtesy of the Makoto Concern), wear goggles, green tank tops and foam froggy headbands—you can’t help laughing at even the worst puns. One only wishes there was no intermission—the 10-minute break in this short play brings the comic momentum to a screeching halt just...