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These drab traits undoubtedly worked against Miki in 1968, 1970 and 1972 when he unsuccessfully campaigned to be party leader. But Miki has also long had the reputation of being an idealistic party reformer. Although it is suspected that he is not quite the "Mr. Clean" he claims to be...
Bungei-Shunju's feat would have been a coup in any country. But in Japan, where the press seldom mentions the private peccadillos of government leaders, it was an unprecedented display of hara (guts). The nation's last major political scandal, the 1966 "black mist" influence-peddling affair...
"I see something; it goes through my eye, brain, heart, guts; I choose the subject.
This country needs a President with guts enough to push for an excess-profits tax. Unions would not be as greedy if corporate profits were not soaring.
Ronan held, moreover, public posts that put him in charge of supervising transportation in the state. But Rocky insisted that Ronan was answerable to him, gifts or not. In fact, he had placed Ronan on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to undertake a Rockefeller policy of aiding mass transit. Warming to...