Word: tokyo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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FRANK GIBNEY JR. joined the magazine in 1994 when he opened TIME's Vietnam bureau in Hanoi. In 1998, after a stint in Tokyo, he moved to New York to cover international business. But his experience as a U.S. correspondent also proved valuable last week when he wrote about the shootings at the North Valley Jewish Community Center. This week Gibney returns to business, scrutinizing the market issues that are forcing automobile companies to make design a strategic weapon. "I gained an appreciation for just how complicated it is to come up with any product that is both artful...
...eccentric sculptures related to them are avidly followed by prominent collectors and museums. Three years ago, he received $50,000 for his contribution to contemporary art as the inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim Museum's Hugo Boss Award. His shows are seen from Los Angeles to London, Tokyo to New York City...
...they" are not an organized rebellion-in-training, but rather remain pockets of the like-minded, connected not in structure but certainly in spirit. Typically, they are deeply rooted into the fertile conspiracy-theory ground of the Internet, and to them the mainstream press is about as trustworthy as Tokyo Rose. When it comes to the jack-booted FBI thugs and their Washington overlords, there are no government missteps, just cover-ups. Not when the "patriots" are enemies to their own government...
This time the strategy could backfire. Last week in private talks in Geneva, Washington and its allies in Tokyo and Seoul told the North Koreans they'll cut off financial and humanitarian aid if a missile is launched. That stance prompted a bellicose reaction from the North Koreans, who swore, "We are ready to annihilate mercilessly our enemies." Such talk has Japan nervously talking about remaking its demilitarized constitution...
...lagged in cell-phone technology for the better part of this decade. While two-way text messaging over cell phones has for years been a standard service from London to Lisbon, and the chat method of choice for teenagers in Tokyo, only a tiny number of users in the U.S. have the feature. U.S. wireless carriers are on the cusp of offering Internet access; overseas, it's already happening. Cell phones as wireless modems for laptops? Works great--in Europe...