Mr. SHIRO: There are two times I'm in the machine and the mechanic, they start the machine.

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In Miyagi prefecture, Governor Shiro Asano has backed citizens' demands for disclosure of excessive entertainment spending by local officials.

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Initially the company struggled, because it was targeting "everybody, " said Shiro Kitajima, the head of Panasonic's consumer marketing in North America.

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Chief designer Shiro Nakamura, who serves as Concours judge, did the honors of the North American unveiling of the Emerg-E Concept.

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Shiro says he worked three years at a turkey processing plant in Minnesota so he knows how a slaughterhouse should be run.

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This year will be the most dramatic so far in the rehabilitation, with a dozen models produced under the star designer Shiro Nakamura.

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It turns out that the dashi, or stock, is incredibly easy, and from there, making miso soup with Andoh-recommended shiro miso is an absolute cinch.

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He also recruited talented outsiders, luring Shiro Nakamura, a senior designer at Isuzu Motors for 25 years, to come put some pizzazz into Nissan's boring lineup of cars.

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