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...When he succeeded Trent Lott as Republican leader in the Senate in December, Frist seemed the ideal replacement. Jetting to Africa often to perform surgeries, he was a contrast to Lott, whose racially insensitive remarks drove him from the leadership. With his Princeton-Harvard pedigree, youthful looks and daily running schedule, he was a perfect fit for the hyperathletic President, who portrays himself as a compassionate conservative...
...impatience with Miyazaki's morals and happy endings, it's hard to avoid the impression that Kon took some cues from his rival when making Tokyo Godfathers. In Kon's first two movies he abandoned his characters to harsh fates. The heroes of Tokyo Godfathers, in contrast, seem to be watched over by a benevolent deity. Chance encounters repeatedly save the day, and the film's chase-sequence finale is brought to a safe conclusion by a meteorological miracle. Kon seems to have synthesized his hard-boiled instincts with an almost Disney-like sense of providence, arriving at a kind...
...Japan. Political analysts estimate that the New Komeito delivers between 20,000 and 30,000 votes in every major constituency (and many elections have been decided by only a few thousand ballots). Some 80% of LDP candidates who received New Komeito endorsement this time around were elected. In contrast, 55% of LDP candidates without the New Komeito imprimatur won their races. Says Jun Iio, professor of government at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo: "The LDP cannot remain the ruling party without the New Komeito...
Rothko was well aware of the room for which his murals were painted. Indeed, he helped make the small changes, including fiberglass curtains and olive-green fabric wall covering, that would give the room the somber qualities in which he preferred his work to be seen. By contrast, the room’s north and south walls were lined with windows that illuminated the paintings—and ultimately served as their downfall...
...abandoned, or diagnosed as dangerous mental ailments to be treated with drugs or psychotherapy. Gender Identity Disorder—the diagnosis with which transsexual and transgendered children and adults are classified—remains a psychiatric condition listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; homosexuality, by contrast, was declassified as a mental illness...