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Could an American-born celebrity be famous overseas while remaining virtually unknown here at home Seth Doane sends us the answer in this Postcard From Japan:In Tokyo, at least when with Dave Spector, there s no such thing as a simple stroll -- surrounded by people who want his picture. I might need a helicopter, he joked. If you re wondering who Spector is, then you probably have not seen much Japanese television over the past 30 years.Doane asked, You re so recognizable here in Japan. Is it strange to take a trip back to the U.S. and be a relative nobody A complete nobody! But then there s so many Ja adidas originals forum panese overseas now. If you get lonely you can just go to a duty-free shop, he laughed. He s a former child actor from Chicago who first came to Japan on a busin air force 1 ess trip as a TV producer in 1984, and found a niche. He joined the ranks of what s called gaijin tarento or foreign talent on TV. It s a holdover from the 1980s when there was a fascination with foreigners who could speak Japanese. The thing is, 30 years later, he s still at it. I guess I m the guy to g hoka wanderschuh o to for just about everything, Spector said. And I m on every day, just about on all the channels. Spector invited Doane to one of his weekly appearances on TBS Sunday Japon. He hasn t missed a show in 13 years.This 90-minute live broadcast is full of energy, and fits right in on Japanese TV: It s very fast-paced, said Spector, and the screen is cluttered with a million thing Jfwt New Tension With Iraqi Militia
The United Nations plans to temporarily relocate some of its international staff outside of Pakistan for security reasons following attacks tha stanley cup quencher t have killed at least 11 of its personnel in the country this year, a spokeswoman said Thursday.The move comes about two months after the U.N. decided to suspend long-term development work in volatile areas near the Afghan border. Both decisions could complicate international efforts to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, where a raging Taliban-led insurgency has killed over 500 people in the past two and a half months.Around 20 percent of the U.N. s expatriate workers will either leave the country for six months or be relocated to safer areas within Pakistan, said spokeswoman Ishrat Rizvi. The world body will reevaluate the security situation in six months to determine when the staff can return, she said. We will review programs and projects and we will see whether we need to bring back those international staff members and which programs are to resume, Rizvi told The Associated Press.She declined to specify how many international employees and which programs will be affected by the decision. No projects are being shut down, but some of the programs for the longer duration ma stanley canada y be suspended for a while, sa stanley cup id Rizvi. The U.N. announced in early November that it was suspending long-term development work in Pakistan s tribal areas and its North West Frontier Province. It said it would reduce the level of international staff in Pak
Could an American-born celebrity be famous overseas while remaining virtually unknown here at home Seth Doane sends us the answer in this Postcard From Japan:In Tokyo, at least when with Dave Spector, there s no such thing as a simple stroll -- surrounded by people who want his picture. I might need a helicopter, he joked. If you re wondering who Spector is, then you probably have not seen much Japanese television over the past 30 years.Doane asked, You re so recognizable here in Japan. Is it strange to take a trip back to the U.S. and be a relative nobody A complete nobody! But then there s so many Ja adidas originals forum panese overseas now. If you get lonely you can just go to a duty-free shop, he laughed. He s a former child actor from Chicago who first came to Japan on a busin air force 1 ess trip as a TV producer in 1984, and found a niche. He joined the ranks of what s called gaijin tarento or foreign talent on TV. It s a holdover from the 1980s when there was a fascination with foreigners who could speak Japanese. The thing is, 30 years later, he s still at it. I guess I m the guy to g hoka wanderschuh o to for just about everything, Spector said. And I m on every day, just about on all the channels. Spector invited Doane to one of his weekly appearances on TBS Sunday Japon. He hasn t missed a show in 13 years.This 90-minute live broadcast is full of energy, and fits right in on Japanese TV: It s very fast-paced, said Spector, and the screen is cluttered with a million thing Jfwt New Tension With Iraqi Militia
The United Nations plans to temporarily relocate some of its international staff outside of Pakistan for security reasons following attacks tha stanley cup quencher t have killed at least 11 of its personnel in the country this year, a spokeswoman said Thursday.The move comes about two months after the U.N. decided to suspend long-term development work in volatile areas near the Afghan border. Both decisions could complicate international efforts to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, where a raging Taliban-led insurgency has killed over 500 people in the past two and a half months.Around 20 percent of the U.N. s expatriate workers will either leave the country for six months or be relocated to safer areas within Pakistan, said spokeswoman Ishrat Rizvi. The world body will reevaluate the security situation in six months to determine when the staff can return, she said. We will review programs and projects and we will see whether we need to bring back those international staff members and which programs are to resume, Rizvi told The Associated Press.She declined to specify how many international employees and which programs will be affected by the decision. No projects are being shut down, but some of the programs for the longer duration ma stanley canada y be suspended for a while, sa stanley cup id Rizvi. The U.N. announced in early November that it was suspending long-term development work in Pakistan s tribal areas and its North West Frontier Province. It said it would reduce the level of international staff in Pak
