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...reiterated that he had not given up hope of renewing his dealings with those who duped him. But his inexplicable movements, so perplexing to newshawks who watched his little frame house night & day after the ransom was paid, diminished. On one occasion he had seized a small U. S. flag, waving it frantically over his head as he ordered reporters off his premises. Another time he pretended to threaten them with an imaginary revolver--curious behavior which keyed well with a case chock full of strange actions...
...difficult double act. On the one hand, they recognized that if the company was to grow to its full potential, it had to capture foreign markets. Basing himself in New York-when Sony opened its store on Fifth Avenue in 1962, it was the first time the Japanese flag had flown in the city since the war-Morita became the best-known Japanese businessman in the world, friends with the great and the good on three continents. But Morita came from a family of long-established sake brewers, and the company was also always careful to maintain its Japanese roots...
Miller seeks to forge a new national identity that moves beyond race. But his flag montage seems to deconstruct—and discard—the very notion of nationhood. At once, Miller proposes a rebirth of America, while at the same time, he suggests that national categories such as “America” are hopelessly artificial...
Miller’s Rebirth opens with the artist flashing national insignias at a speed of 10 images per second—until the Jamaican banner becomes indistinguishable from the Confederate flag. Meanwhile, Miller plays Jimi Hendrix’s Woodstock version of the “Star Spangled Banner,” which devolves the anthem into unrecognizable scratches of sound. Miller describes the montage as “a metaphor for what would happen if all these flags didn’t mean so much...
...channel for military supplies from Iran, Hizballah's main sponsor. Nasrallah is concerned that Lebanon will move into the U.S. orbit and face pressure to sign a peace treaty with Israel. While Nasrallah lauded Syria, he was careful to hold the demonstration under the colors of Lebanon's national flag. It was a sign that Hizballah will throw more of its weight into Lebanese politics; it already holds eight seats in parliament. For audiences in Lebanon as much as those in Washington--where Hizballah has long been shunned for its ties to terrorism and enmity toward Israel--the intended message...