Word: america
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea"? The Great DiMaggio. And what written line better sums up the passing of a generation than Paul Simon's "Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you."? Simon was bemoaning the loss of heroes in America. He didn't foresee the coming of Reggie Jackson and Ron Guidry, of Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams...
...what was going on? My preconceptions were sorely tested. Surely, this was on the level equal if not better than the works of Disney. And this comes from a hard-core fan of Disney classics. First, is the level of voice-overs. Unlike the anonymous cartoon actors of America, the seiyuu (anime voice actors) in Japan are highly respected not to mention highly paid. To earn that salary, seiyuu undergo strenuous hours of practice in order to train their voices to convey the right degrees of emotion. The result? Angst, fury, grief and sheer joy were never expressed so thoroughly...
...road to our cultural consciousness was not a quick one for Japanese animation. Only a few years ago, the availability of anime in America was rather limited; die-hard fans who wanted to get their hands on the latest imports had to dig around for them, in obscure video stores or at science-fiction conventions. As interest spread, however, so did availability...
...America is at its best when people, without losing their identity, work with others, who retain their identities, for a cause bigger than themselves," Sharpton said...
...political changes emerging from the shootings are cause for concern in America and, more particularly, in Russia. Armenia's strategic significance is underscored by the fact that U.S. undersecretary of state Strobe Talbott held five hours of talks with Sarkisian and President Robert Kocharian on the very day of the shootings, discussing the vexing question of Nagorno-Karabakh. The predominantly Armenian enclave inside neighboring Azerbaijan sparked a war between the two countries following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Talbott had been discussing a settlement to the unresolved conflict. Russia will be watching with interest because of the complex...