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...players present at the tournament quickly became apparent as the Crimson was swept by the Bulldogs in doubles Friday morning. Schnitter, who returned to the team this fall after not playing last spring, teamed with freshman Agnes Sibilski in an 8-4 loss to Kelley Hyndman and Naoko Ueshima of Georgia. An all-freshman paring of Eunice Lee and Samantha Rosekrans went down, 8-3, while sophomore Elizabeth Brook and junior Catriona Stewart lost, 8-2. The afternoon matches against the Yellow Jackets proved equally challenging for the Crimson. Stewart lost a three-setter...
Runners have an unlikely friend in giant killer hornets. At the Berlin marathon on Sunday, Naoko Takahashi sped to the finish line after drinking juice from the flying bugs, shaving 14 seconds off the record female time...
...driving their Bentleys and Rolls Royces, living in their mansions, dating their exotic blond girlfriends. This was the period, remember, when Japan was going to take over the world. Men like Joji Obara cast themselves as the Fibe Mini warriors on the vanguard of this Japanese invasion. Naoko Tomono, a journalist who has written extensively about Lucie's case for the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshon, offers a surprising insight into how some men in Obara's age group perceive his infamy as a serial rapist: "They respect him as a man comfortable going to expensive bars and picking up Western...
...home of sumo wrestling, marathon running is big. So big that tiny Naoko Takahashi - 163 cms and 47 kg - has already become a national hero. She staked a claim for a place in the pantheon of Japanese sport with her gold medal-winning performance in Sunday's Olympic marathon. Not only did she win, but she recorded a new Olympic record time of two hours, 23 minutes, 14 seconds and scored Japan's first-ever women's athletic gold...
Their faces are soft and pretty, their voices tender and sweet. When it comes to pop music, the Japanese like their stars young and female. Last week the top of the pops belonged to a handful of singers - Hiroko Yakushimaru, Akina Nakamori, Naoko Kawai and Tomoyo Harada- whose claim to fame owes more to their winsome good looks than their modest vocal talent. Says Shig Fujita, an entertainment writer for the Asahi Evening News...
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