It was later that night that Bud, for the first time in his life, heard 
the word Ashanti. "Another twenty-five Ashanti just came in from 
L.A.!" said a man in a bar. "The Ashanti had a big meeting in the conference 
room at the Sheraton!" said a woman on the street. Waiting in a queue for one 
of the free matter compilers, a bum said, "One of them Ashanti gave me five 
yuks. They're fine folks."