Word: jannings
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Japanese Democracy I read Hannah Beech's article "Democracy" with great interest and I do agree almost completely [Jan. 12]. But in my opinion the reader gets a false impression because the report is almost completely negative. As my family lived in Japan for two years, I can say that the Japanese political system has many democratic features, such as its very Occidental constitution. Of course, I can also see the grievances, but which democratic country does not have problems? Nina Theresa Strüven, GRAFRATH, GERMANY...
...think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle" - on his occasional ideological drifts, Seattle Times, Jan...
...Yikes!" - when asked how he felt about delivering the Democratic response to George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union, New York Times, Jan...
...hundred years to travel one mile." - on getting sworn in at the state Capitol near where his grandfather had worked as an immigrant servant, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan...
...tell them, 'He's a really nice guy, but very serious. At the end of the night, though, if you ask him in for a cup of tea, that's all he's going to ask for.'" - Seattle teacher Carol Austin, on longtime friend Locke, The Seattle Times, Jan...