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...Around midnight on Dec. 26, Susan M. Briggs, a surgeon on the Harvard Medical School (HMS) faculty, received a telephone call from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
...trained to tread lightly in an officially hostile land. And their mission, to aid survivors of Bam's cataclysmic Dec. 26 earthquake, did not incline them to celebration, even if it was New Year's Eve. Thus they were moved when a band of Iranian medics showed up at midnight last Wednesday bearing candies and pastries. A few miles from the scene of some 30,000 deaths, in sight of quarters decorated with large U.S. flags, the groups traded salutations for an auspicious new year. "It turned into a real emotional meeting," says Marty Bahamonde, one of the Americans. "Some...
...earphones is his company's anthem, or shaka, the corporate tune that employees are forced to sing at year-end parties and sometimes even during morning calisthenics in the factory yard. Pity, therefore, the workers of Yokohama-based Nihon Break Kogyo. After its anthem was played on a popular midnight variety show, Asahi TV's Tamori Club, so many listeners responded with requests for copies that the company decided to release the song as a single. It debuted last week at No. 22 on Oricon's weekly Top 30 singles list. The lyrics seem ideally suited for Japan's trendy...
Robert M. Cronin, also known as DJ BC, manned the turntables, playing hits like Beyonce’s “Baby Boy” mixed in with dance classics like “Come on, Eileen” by Dexi’s Midnight Runners. Cronin is the office administrator of the Freshman Dean’s Office (FDO), but he DJs weddings and Harvard functions on the side...
...wants to hear on his car radio or television is his corporate anthem, the tune he is compelled to sing at year-end parties or, even worse, while performing morning calisthenics in the factory yard. Pity, therefore, the workers of Yokohama-based Nihon Break Kogyo Co. After a popular midnight variety show, Asahi TV's Tamori Club, played its shaka [anthem], the company was bombarded with feedback from viewers until it finally decided to release the song as a single. It debuted last week at No. 22 on the Oricon weekly top-30 singles list. "We didn't want...