World & Nation
As a country kid growing up on a cattle farm in West Virginia, Dale Jones’ chances of finding the Japanese girlfriend he always dreamed of were mighty slim.
July 8, 1991
Business
A Brentwood-based property firm is developing the first Japanese-owned university in the United States, the most costly and ambitious project among a growing number of Japanese investments in U.S. college campuses.
Feb. 2, 1990
The circular announces a seminar at the local college, not the topic you might expect for what appears to be a typical Appalachian mountain hamlet: “Japanese and Americans: Likes/Dislikes, Values, Customs, Differences.”
March 25, 1990
Sports
THE OLD SALEM COLLEGE tennis courts on Main Street, Tomo and his Japanese pals Oni and Kai methodically slam low base-line shots at each other over a sagging net.
Aug. 5, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
Arthur Greene of Sheffield, Mass., has takenthe $15,000 first prize in the William Kapell International Panel Competition at the Kennedy Center.
July 22, 1986
When the men of America went off to fight in World War II, the sports editor at the Twin City Sentinel in Winston-Salem, N.C., went with them.
Sept. 22, 2008
High School Sports
Sisters Susan and Allison Shapcott led United States International University to a fifth-place finish Wednesday in the Yamaha-USC Invitational golf tournament at Industry Hills Golf Club.
Feb. 4, 1988
Babylon & Beyond
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Aug. 24, 2010
Soccer
Women less likely than men to fake soccer injuries, study finds
July 7, 2011
Back in 1960, when Cairo was under the thumb of President Gamal Abdel Nasser and needed a little culture, someone came up with the idea of starting a national circus, the first in the Arab world.
June 25, 1985