Word: takahashi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...establishes beyond all doubt that Wallace D. Fard, the mysterious silk salesman who convinced Muhammad that he was the embodiment of Allah on earth, was actually a New Zealand-born petty criminal. Evanzz adds fresh--if overblown--detail to the Muslims' pre-World War II entanglement with Satahota Takahashi, a shadowy radical who persuaded Muhammad that with Allah's blessing "the Japanese will slaughter the white man." Evanzz even provides snatches of FBI tapes of Muhammad bickering with his wife Clara over his philandering, which produced 13 out-of-wedlock children by seven different Muslim women...
...because it demonstrates the meaning of democracy, justice, equality and vision. Pax Americana is welcome because the U.S. has been reliable. But recently the U.S. hasn't been leading other countries into a bright future. It no longer seems able to keep pace with the progress of history. HIRO TAKAHASHI Hiroshima
...good news is that this is changing; disclosure has become a popular mantra. The corporate scandals have given rise to a slew of shareholders' lawsuits. In 1994 Toshiaki Takahashi formed a national group of "citizens' ombudsmen" to combat corruption and gain access to the government's books. His organization has brought down officials for everything from construction-bid rigging to faking expense receipts. "The need for public disclosure has finally begun to disseminate," said Takahashi in a recent speech...
Still, the evidence of recovery is at best mixed. One prominent Japanese economist, Johsen Takahashi of the Mitsubishi Research Institute, remains a bear. He does not believe the economy can grow at the 1.75%-a-year rate the government predicts as a minimum for the rest of the decade; but even if it did, that would set average growth for the whole decade at just 1.5%. "We are at a crossroads," says Takahashi. "If we reform through measures like deregulation, we might end up with something like the American economy. But if we don't, we could go the route...
Within half an hour, similar scenes had unfolded at five other subway stops on three lines. Police arrived within minutes, administered some first aid and spirited thousands to hospitals, where doctors who suspected what had happened administered atropine, a sarin antidote. But for some it was too late. Kazumasa Takahashi, an assistant station manager at the Kasumigaseki stop, overstayed his shift to mop up the mystery liquid and dispose of the package that leaked it. He died a few hours later, and a colleague who helped him perished the next...