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The curse of the drinking class

By Michael Davies
Special to Page 2

Friday, June 7, 2002

Day 7: Hangover from Hell, Foot of God June 7, Room 912, the ANA Hotel Sapporo, 1:05 p.m. I am awoken by the barely recognizable theme from "Star Wars" playing on my rented cell phone. I don't remember quite how it got on my phone, but I think it happened last night and that somehow it is connected to karaoke. Frankly, it's all a bit of a haze. It's Taki. "How do you say viciously hung over in Japanese?" I ask him, trying in vain to make my voice sound like I've been up for hours. " ...

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