Word: musts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Years ago Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining, the American Quaker who tutored Akihito during his childhood, said to Dr. Koizumi: "She who marries the crown prince must be a girl of spirit who will not be a doormat; she must not be someone who will be easily overwhelmed." Michiko Shoda, standing straight and slim beside her devoted prince, seems precisely that girl...
...twice-weekly meetings with the prince, Dr. Koizumi often read aloud from Harold Nicolson's biography King George the Fifth, for, like many Japanese liberals, he feels that the imperial family must reign, but not govern, much in the manner of the British royal family. The prince proved especially fond of anecdotes detailing the homely, comfortable existence of Britain's rulers-such passages as "King George preferred a quiet evening at home, when he could read aloud to the Queen...
...business is still transacted. In the geisha houses, the jokes and sake drinking have not changed in a thousand years. Tipsy politicians and businessmen play such children's games as "scissors, paper, rock" or the passing of lighted tapers until they go out, to determine who must drink penalty cups of sake. When not being pinched or fondled by male guests, the modern geisha sings, plays the samisen or unexpectedly breaks into a rumba, spins a Hula Hoop or blows a saxophone...
...asks a girl indignantly. "Because they want their wives to think they are big shots. They want the world to believe they are out chasing women. An average Japanese wife is ashamed if her husband comes home at 6 or 7 at night. The neighbors will then say he must be only a humble clerk...
From that moment Vincenzina knew what she must do. She bought a butcher knife, tucked it inside a newspaper and started walking. She found Ernesto, her first love, at a bus stop. "Vincenzina, you are prettier than ever," Ernesto began, but he did not finish. Vincenzina fell upon him with the knife, stabbing him in the chest and stomach...