Word: customize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Confucian world of Korean business, the practice of naemul signifies respect and deference. Most businessmen see nothing unethical about this custom. They point out that Koreans have practiced naemul ever since their country was freed from Japanese colonial rule in 1945 and have still enjoyed a rather spectacular rise from agrarian backwater to industrial power...
...ritual of naemul is an outgrowth of the Confucian grounding upon which Korean society is based. Just ask any Korean or Korean-American about the New Year's Day custom of parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and other adults handing out envelopes of money to children, who respond with a long, ceremonious bow and a wish of good blessings. Because of this fundamental grounding, naemul in one form or another has penetrated almost every other aspect of Korean society...
...other, "The loss of Indochina was a great embarassment to us." Later, Song bids Gallimard fairwell at the train station as she leaves to give birth to their fictive child. She tells him, "I will return three months after the birth of our son, as is my people's custom"--a detail she presumably would have let him in on earlier. And when the words "Paris 1968" flash onscreen, the filmmakers ensure that anyone a little rusty on their French history won't be left drifting long. Within moments, a drunk conveniently enters to explain, "There's Communist students rioting...
...actually went earlier this year and measured different sizes of bottles so that we could custom make our shelves...
...custom made your shelves...