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...families of six of the victims received some small comfort last week: notes penned by loved ones just moments before the plane went down. "Machiko, take care of the kids," Masakatsu Taniguchi wrote to his wife. From Keiichi Matsumoto, there were three words for his two-year-old son: "Tetsuya, become respectable." Former JAL Employee Mariko Shirai, 26, could only scribble: "Scared, scared, scared, help, feel sick, don't want to die." Kazuo Yoshimura offered his wife the simple encouragement "Hang in there." And from Hirotsugu Kawaguchi, there was a 17-sentence letter to his three children that was alternately...
...Asian student, Tetsuya Yamamoto '80, also tried out for "The Royal Family," did not read one of the lead roles and did not get called back. "Ideally," he says, "it would be best if directors and the audience could disregard people's backgrounds, but I don't think they can." Yamamoto isn't sure whether his ethnicity prevented him from winning a part in Garry's play, but he says he has felt "discouraged" from seeking non-Asian parts because the audience may not be receptive...