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Astrology a star factor for Japanese politicians
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The explosive revelations by Donald Regan about the role of
astrology in White House decision-making would barely raise an
eyebrow in Japan, where politicians routinely seek the advice of
various fortune-tellers.
TOKYO It is not known whether Japan's Prime Minister Noboru
Takeshita has consulted his own astrological adviser on key political
decisions during his half year in office, but veteran fortune-teller
Shinsui Shoji says the outlook is not good for Takeshita's Friday
meeting with President Reagan in London.
Shoji, who has 35 years of experience as a sidewalk seer,
consulted a thick ...
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A HUNDRED YEARS OF SAKI.(Hector Hugh Munro)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; ...to chronicle the hounding down of Artemius. It is the work of a genuine original. 'Saki' was the pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro, who was born in 1870 and killed in the First World War. Among his contemporaries, Kenneth Grahame and Rudyard...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; Anniversaries Births: Charles Wesley, hymn-writer, 1707; Joseph Grimaldi, clown, 1779; Saki (Hector Hugh Munro), short-story writer, 1870; Paul Klee, abstract painter, 1879; Dame Gladys Cooper, actress, 1888; Betty...
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Whitehead, inventor of the torpedo, 1905; Frederick Sleigh Roberts, first Earl Roberts, field marshal, 1914; Hector Hugh Munro ("Saki"), writer, killed in action 1916; Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, novelist, 1947; Robert Emmet Sherwood...
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THE ALMANAC
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...sworn in as the first woman prime minister of New Zealand. ___ A thought for the day: Saki, the pen name for Hector Hugh Munro, said, ``A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.'' ___ All rights reserved. By UPI Copyright...
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SHELF LIFE: Billy Boyd
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday
; ...pretty much read all of his books. They are fantastic. The man is a genius. The Complete Short Stories of Saki by Hector Hugh Munro. Set in Africa in the 1920s and 1930s, this is a book of short stories of about three pages each. A very humorous...
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The Almanac.
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...never reached the assembly or testing stage for nuclear weapons. A thought for the day: Saki, the pen name for Hector Hugh Munro, said, "A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation." By United Press International Copyright 2003...
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A sarky little piece
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; ...Street Theatre, W1 ONE OF the mysteries touched upon in Chris Roose's diverting adaptation of the writings of Hector Hugh Munro (aka Saki) concerns his literary alias. One explanation says Saki is a character in The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam...
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Million dollar birds who can even make their own way home ; TV WATCH
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; ...finished and may still be flying, but his wife had a lovely holiday. Doubtless, they will be back next year. Hector Hugh Munro, otherwise known as Saki, was a bird man, too, having a distinct liking for kingfishers and hedge sparrows...
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Monday 30 APRIL ; CHOICES
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...the biggest contest of its kind. The Double Life of Saki 9pm BBC4 The life of the witty and macabre comedy writer Hector Hugh Munro, known to many by his pseudonym of Saki, whose unhappy childhood may have been a source of inspiration for much...
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ANNIVERSARIES
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...St Lazarus, St Olympias, St Sturmi and St Wivina. TOMORROW Births: Joseph Grimaldi, clown, 1779; Saki (Hector Hugh Munro), short-story writer, 1870; Paul Klee, abstract painter, 1879; Betty (Elizabeth Ruth) Grable, actress...
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