Word: hara
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...with some talent and some money, if one knows how. He wants, in particular, to encourage "the young, who even in these easy going seventies hear far too much about what a serious matter life is." And certainly, his portraits of the times with Thurber and Ross, John O'Hara, Edmund Wilson, and so on, are pleasant evidence for his thesis. Some of his contemporaries may have had trouble learning the first rule of life--always to have a good time--but Gill, says Gill, was "one of the lucky ones with a knack...
Deans meetings should be further upgraded by cutting and compacting routine business and by continued development of a program involving guest speakers and discussion leaders in significant matters of broad interest. You should consider bringing in outsiders or fringe players such as Bundy and O'Hara (chairman of our House Education subcommittee) as well as others in the Whitla catagory [sic]. Upgrading and use of speakers should be extended to other gatherings and every meeting you attend should be checked for outreach possibilities...
...that he is not quite the "Mr. Clean" he claims to be, he has been untainted by the major scandals involving party fundraising. For this reason, Miki is a plausible choice to refurbish the Liberal Democrats' somewhat tarnished public image. He is also widely respected for his political hara (guts...
...Last summer, sensing the mounting furor over Tanaka's use of vast sums of money in political campaigns, Miki resigned as Deputy Premier and shrewdly began cultivating his image as a reformer. Considering the complex economic and political problems that confront Japan, though, Miki will need more than hara and an ability to perceive his nation's moodo if he expects to succeed as Premier...
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, went unreported in the press until the matter came before the Diet. This time, Bungei-Shunju 's disclosures were ignored for nearly a fortnight. It was only when foreign reporters grilled Tanaka about the article that big Japanese dailies began to print disapproving editorials. Since then, not one publication...