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...Some planners in Washington believe they may have an easier time reaching the next generation of Arabs, and are pleased by the early success of their new Arabic-language station, Radio Sawa ("together"). Unlike the staid and preachy Voice of America (VOA), Radio Sawa targets a youth audience with trendy American and Arab pop music, attempting to get Washington's take on the news across in snippets that infrequently interrupt the Top 40 barrage. So far, only Arab audiences in Jordan, Dubai, and Kuwait have been able to tune in to Radio Sawa (the signal doesn't reach Cairo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Arabs Aren't Buying Uncle Sam | 8/9/2002 | See Source »

...rather ludicrous plot centers on Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa), a 17 years-old whose only ambition is to sit around watching TV and smoking pot. One day Anton's hand becomes possessed by a psychotic killer and try as he might, he can't stop it from killing everything and everyone in his sight. Anton's pesky appendage even offs his good-for-nothing friends (Seth Green and Elden Henson), but don't worry--they quickly return as undead...

Author: By Daniel A. Zweifach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hands-Down Fun | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

BROWN HALL. (New England Conserv). Victor Sawa, clarinetist, in recital...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Classics | 3/15/1973 | See Source »

Glorious Fujicolor. More than 500 of Osaka's "avec" hotels-so called because the Japanese check into them with their lovers-feature the videotape extra. "This is an electronic age," explains Seishichi Sawa, manager of one of Osaka's avecs. "It's natural that our patrons would want to be electronically elevated to a romantic mood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Sinerama in Osaka | 3/22/1971 | See Source »

Ferocious Rear Admiral Koichi Shio-sawa was under a cloud last week. Word came from Tokyo that he had been superseded by Vice Admiral Kichisaburo No mura. This was immediately followed by a Shanghai despatch to the effect that Admiral Shiosawa had committed hara-kiri in shame. He had not. Rear Admiral Shiosawa remained in official command of the First Fleet, stationed at Shanghai, but Vice Admiral Nomura, higher ranking officer, arrived from Sasebo Naval Base as a sort of supervisor. Pleasant grey-haired Admiral Nomura, with many a friend in the U. S., looks startlingly Nordic. During...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN-CHINA: Holding On | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

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