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...quiet stars of the show, though, are Walk Japan's bilingual guides. Besides knowing the innkeepers and many locals along the trail well enough to ask about the latest family news or village gossip, each guide is a mine of general knowledge about the country. After-dinner chats can easily swoop from discussions of feudalism to an analysis of contemporary demographics. It's a lesson in Japanese studies that you won't find in any lecture theater, with some rigorous exercise to boot...
...ridge. Visits to artists' studios and various temples are included. The quiet stars of the show, though, are Walk Japan 's bilingual guides. Besides knowing the innkeepers and many locals along the trail well enough to ask about the latest family news or village gossip, each guide is a mine of general knowledge about the country. After-dinner chats can easily swoop from discussions of feudalism to an analysis of contemporary demographics. It's a lesson in Japanese studies that you won't find in any lecture theater, with some rigorous exercise to boot...
...jumble. For instance, I wrote "don't get too war out on Wilson," when I clearly meant "far out." There were some words in my notes that I could not account for--at one point they read, "...notable..." I didn't know if that was Rove's word or mine, and one grand juror asked if it might mean "not able," as in "Wilson was not an able person." I said that was possible, but I just didn't recall that. The notes, and my subsequent e-mails, go on to indicate that Rove told me material was going...
...names of other economists who were prepared to talk about substance. He had information about how he could learn about the data; read the restricted-access agreement; reach the agency; contact people to whom I’d given the non-restricted data; and find research similar to mine that had come to similar conclusions...
Kuwait is now seeking compensation from the UNCC for premature deaths from smoke exposure, medical treatment and disability costs resulting from PTSD, and medical treatment costs for mine and ordnance victims, Evans said...