The land deals in Tokyo've gone toes up since the bubble burst, but the landlord's still trying to push through a deal with a developer.

But for the most part, when Filipinos are by themselves, in more intimate circles (parties, house calls, etc.) their talk usually reverts to the native (Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, etc.) or to a pigeonized version ( “mismix” ) of English.

The freely flying windhover, after all, has something essential in common with the sillion of a plowed field and the broken embers of a…

No sense of aloofness or distance diluted his warm melodicism.