Word: yoshino
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reading was catalyzed by Rushdie, although he is not the focus of the evening," said reading organizer Kenji Yoshino '91, a Pegasus of the Advocate, which sponsored the reading...
...purpose of the event was to have the presses and organizations of Harvard reaffirm their belief in freedom of speech," Yoshino said...
Some of the readers said they were concerned that more people did not attend. But Yoshino said, "I don't think that that has anything to do with what we're doing here...
...Yoshino said that Advocate member Adam M. Lifshey '91 suggested the idea of the banned books reading soon after the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini banned Rushdie's book in February and set a price on the author's head...
Nonetheless, some U.S. trading partners are afraid that the dollar has fallen too far, too fast. Japanese firms are considering a second round of price increases because of the rising yen, which has gained 25% against the dollar in the past six months. Says Bunroku Yoshino, president of Tokyo's Institute for International Economic Studies: "Fundamentally, Japan can stand a pretty sharp strengthening of the yen. But the suddenness of the rise is difficult to adjust to. If we have more time to adjust, then it might be all right...