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Article: Blast from the past: is that a ghost in your pocket or are you just tuned in to chakugoe? (Upfront).
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- Japan Inc.
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- April 1, 2003
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LEONARDO DA VINCI IS said to have been so enamored of his portrait Mona Lisa that he carried it everywhere with him on his travels. Five hundred years after it was painted, the Florentine lady's silent, enigmatic face continues to mesmerize -- but what would the Renaissance master think if he knew that today her voice is being heard all over Japan?
"I'm Elizabeth, also known as Mona Lisa," she says with a sultry Italian lilt when telling mobile phone users they have a call coming in. Mona is one of several historical figures brought to life by mobile content developer Index for subscribers to NIT DoCoMo's i-mode and au's EZweb cellular services. Leonardo's ...
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... ... The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-03-1993 MONA LISA, MONA LISA? -- DA VINCI DEBATE IS THERE A SECOND VERSION IN ... that looks an awful lot like Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. With the same inscrutable smile, but looking more ...
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