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Marketing and distribution have become more important than research and development. Exotic features like high resolution, phosphorous monitors and floating-point coprocessors are less important than getting a good position on a dealer's shelf or mounting an effective national advertising campaign.
The exotic set of rituals seen during negotiations is the face Japan presents to the world of business. Japanese negotiators are exquisitely polite and agonizingly vague, yet at the same time, they are determined to win the best possible deal.
Johnny Appleseed a dirt farmer. Miyake not only led the way but showed the direction as well. Today his direction remains bold and his technique consistent. "It is important for me not to take out the best part of the fabric by cutting a piece out of the middle, as...
In its current state of near exhaustion, the Japanese cinema has returned to the exotic isolation of its earliest years. Moviegoing in Japan at the turn of the century was an experience more closely allied to other national arts than to the nickelodeon fever of the West. Until 1918 female...
One of Demarest's own aims in writing about travel has been to interest Americans in meeting a range of Europeans, especially outside the major cities. "I love the capitals with their theaters, their art, their museums," he says. "But some of my happiest travel experiences have been in...