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...language," says Jill McKee, a college teacher whose son Robert is in second grade. "He's exposed to another way of doing things." Tokyo-born Sumiko Limbocker, the second-grade techer, adds with a laugh, "When the children meet me in the supermarket, they bow and say, 'Konnichi-wa' ((Hello...
...Kodansha International; $19.95), Cromartie, once a star outfielder with the Montreal Expos, vividly recounts his frustrations as a gaijin home- run king with the Tokyo Giants. The transformation of baseball to fit Japanese cultural norms is familiar terrain for anyone who has read Robert Whiting's You Gotta Have Wa. With Whiting as his co-author, Cromartie illustrates the insidious ways the Japanese both honor and humiliate migrant American ballplayers. "We were constantly being watched," Cromartie complains. "We had to submit ourselves to incessant badgering and nitpicking, which began in camp and continued all year long. That was Japanese-style...
After spending her school years in Providence, R.I. and Washington, D.C., Keeney attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA and went on to pursue her graduate work in the history of science at the University of Wisconsin...
Among other 'accessories,' Hubba Hubba features passion fruit and blueberry flavored condoms, Ben-Wa balls, and a plethora of dildos--a few of which go by names, such as "Junior Executive" and "Clitorator." The specialty lingerie includes leather corsets, cupless bras and crotchless, edible, thong or zippered panties...
...song, updated by the Beatles in the early 1960s,' changes the original lyrics from, "Stop, oh yes, wait a minute Mr. Postman, wa-a-a-it Mr. Postman," to "Oh yeah, wait a minute Mr. Hussein, Kuwait isn't yours Mr. Hussein...