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...Japan Paradigm As a kid growing up on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Alimansyar knew Japan stood for one thing: really hip stuff. His parents' generation might have looked askance at the historic aggressor, given its wartime record in East Asia. But for Alimansyar and other younger Indonesians, Japan represents a nation that transformed itself in record time from vanquished pauper to cutting-edge innovator. Today, Alimansyar teaches Japanese at the University of North Sumatra, and the school's rapidly growing Japanese-language program is filled with 500 students who are often lured by Japanese cars, electronics and anim...
...seem typically Japanese: planting stronger strains of rice, running environmental-training programs, teaching high school math and science. Chiyoko Ichishima, 33, helps female villagers near the Ugandan capital of Kampala build a local craft trade. "When Ugandans think of Japan, they immediately think of cars and other high-tech stuff," she says. "But as a Japanese, it's nice to be here and help promote Ugandan culture...
...panel. The panel spent much of the time addressing the root causes of the economic crisis, and generally agreed that the lack of transparency in the financial markets was a top reason for the U.S. economy’s troubles. “We just gathered whatever stuff we could gather and made a sausage out of it, and we wrapped it up as filet mignon, and we sold it to the entire world,” Dugger said. “And in June last year, they hear about our subprime mortgage crisis. They open up their filet mignon...
...Harvard Kroks, the Harvard Cheerleading Team, the Harvard Marching Band, the Harvard Football Team, and the Black Men’s Forum steppers. And lots of people who have never been to a pep rally before. “I’ve seen some of the stuff they are going to do and it’s going to be absolutely stellar,” says CEB Events Coordinator Amanda L. Brown ’09, in reference to what the BMF has planned. Lucas Toffoli ’09, one of the captains of the cheerleading team, also...
...Your head’s moving too much.” The music suddenly turns bass-heavy, and he shouts to the music director across the room, “We don’t know if we’re going to be able to use that intense stuff.” It promptly switches back to mellow. As one of the founders of Project East, he knows what this event requires. On the one hand, he’s involved in most of the activities taking place in the JCR, walking from corner to corner to check...