Word: kano
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...NIGERIA Calm after Riots Business resumed in the city of Kano after community leaders agreed to end violence between Christian and Muslim gangs. Police said 32 people died in recent clashes that drove thousands of people from their homes. Red Cross estimates put the toll far higher. President Olusegun Obasanjo toured the northern city after the riots, which began as anti-American protests...
...Japanese, kano is a homonym for a word meaning possible. But for the average citizen, the sisters embody the impossible?and not just because of their Barbie-doll proportions. They have shirked marriage, preferring to live together, and spend half the year abroad in exotic locales like Monaco and Bermuda. They dress in Ungaro if they dress at all. Kyoko never goes out without her 24-carat diamond ring; Mika has her G-cup bras custom-made (they won't confirm or deny plastic surgery). "To Japanese, we are like anim? characters," Kyoko sighs over a five-course dinner...
...with appearances at this year's Academy Awards, the Grammy and the Cannes film festival. Twentieth Century Fox crowned them "honorary Bond girls" to promote its latest 007 movie in Japan, sparking rumors of roles in a future Bond film. Vanity Fair listed them in its "In & Out" column (Kano sisters "in," Hilton heiresses "out"). The international offers?this month they are filming a TV special in South Korea?have swelled to the point that they have enlisted the aid of International Management Group, which represents, among other top talents, the Williams sisters...
...They're glamorous. They're gorgeous. They're alarmingly big-breasted. They're the Kano sisters -- two women who rule the celebrity circuit in Japan, with seemingly little else to commend them but their traffic-stopping looks. That's not so baffling in Japan, where the only real job requirement for a tarento, or talent, is showing up in front of the TV cameras. What's bizarre is that while their main assets suggest centerfold fame, the sisters' huge fan base consists almost entirely of women. They look Baywatch but talk Oprah. Calling themselves "lifestyle consultants," they dispense advice...
...TIME: You look lovely today. Mika Kano (younger sister, wearing a pale yellow linen pants suit and revealing, sequined tank top): Thank you. Kyoko Kano (older sister, in a ruffly magenta top, slinky black pants and a 24-carat diamond ring): People look to us as style leaders. But this is one more aspect in which we simply do what we please. We never follow fads; we create them. Mika: My sister has the uncanny ability to spot clothing or accessories abroad that within the year become the rage in Japan. Kyoko: It's true. Japanese women are followers. They...