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...Japanese prejudice, as the seductive, traitorous radio host Tokyo Rose; in Chicago. In fact, there was no Tokyo Rose-the name was given by U.S. troops to any English-speaking female on Radio Japan, the propaganda outlet where D'Aquino was forced to work after being stranded during a visit to Tokyo by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. With references to listeners as "our friends-I mean, our enemies" and off-air efforts to aid American POWs, she made clear her loyalty to the U.S. But in 1949, with testimony from witnesses who later said they were coerced...
...Boratastan, a country of one." ROMAN VASILENKO, Kazakhstan press secretary, on Borat Sagdiyev, the bumptious, fictional Kazakh TV reporter created by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Borat, whose antics have drawn the ire of Kazakh authorities, was turned away from the White House during President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to Washington...
...tell anyone up here but I've lost a few little things already, like my lip-gloss." ANOUSHEH ANSARI, entrepreneur who paid $20 million for a visit to the International Space Station, blogging from space about the difficulty of keeping track of her things in zero-gravity conditions
...Most travel writers are overly indulgent in their praise of the hotels they visit-and often boring. Mayer, on the contrary, definitely wants to be noticed. I was shocked by her misbehavior at L'Andana and can only imagine the utter disgust of the hotel's other guests and staff. I suspect that, as Mayer reported, L'Andana's well-trained sommelier smartly guided Mayer and her company away from the most valued wines, knowing full well that serving it to them would have been throwing pearls before swine. Janie Berquist Phellipon St. Denis-La Chevasse, France...
...initiative. The goal is to see 1 million Chinese orphans placed in loving mainland homes by 2010; over 40,000 placements have been secured so far. Envelopes are also left in guest rooms at evening turndown - alternatively, donations can be made on checkout. For more information, visit careforchildren.com.cn...