Word: sensei
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...heavy overhauls realized they could reuse perfectly good windows, light bulbs and fasteners on the plane's outer skin without compromising safety. They saved $30,000 on each overhaul--trimming at least $5 million a year. Shop-floor workers in Tulsa, Okla., taking lean-manufacturing tips from a Toyota sensei, or master, trimmed time and inventory, freeing up room to in-source aircraft repair work from American Eagle...
...doing here?” April O’Neill exclaims as she stands in the doorway of the Channel 6 newsroom. She takes four confident steps toward the teenage mutant ninja turtle. Before she reaches him, however, she is intercepted by Splinter, Michelangelo’s sensei. Smiling knowingly, the mutant ninja rat fondles the trip wire that he is holding. “Ohh,” April gasps as she drops to her knees with nothing to break her fall except Michelangelo’s seemingly androgynous genital area. Nothing can thwart Michelangelo’s throbbing...
...gathered to see a man whom they believe possesses unsurpassed wisdom and power. In their eyes, Shoei Asai, the 70-year-old leader of a religious sect called Nichiren Kenshokai, is a healer and a prophet who envisions a looming calamity for Japan that he alone can avert. "Asai sensei understands" says Kazuhito Suzuki, a disillusioned, young construction worker who professes nothing but disdain for Japan's establishment and despair for the future. "He has the answers...
...Finally, it is Asai sensei's time to talk. He wears a gray business suit and glasses and has thinning gray hair. He doesn't quote scriptures or recite Buddhist chants. His short speech is delivered in warm, avuncular, soothing tones. Yet his words conjure up pictures of doom as he talks about last year's terrorist attacks on the U.S., about al-Qaeda and the threat of dirty bombs. "A big country like America couldn't even crush al-Qaeda completely," he says. "Because of this technology, these dirty bombs, even a small group can ruin America...
...know." After Asai leaves the stage, the crowd disperses. The black-suited guards swoop down on me as I try to introduce myself to members. Outside, a middle-aged woman clutching a tape recorder offers to explain her beliefs. "There will be a big disaster in Japan, and Asai sensei will become the leader," she says. "You never know from one year to the next who will be the Prime Minister," she adds. "It is always uncertain. But Asai sensei is always with us. He is the only one who talks about Buddhism for the nation. He is the only...