Word: japanism
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...commercialism. Hectic as our society may have become, we should be fully aware of what each of the holidays means. Let us make a new resolution prior to our New Year's resolutions, as Gibbs suggested: Let's not make premature preparations for the holidays. Hajime Ishii, Chiba, Japan...
...first astronaut blasted into space, his flight mirroring the nation's ambitions. Poverty has been reduced from half the population at independence to just 5% today, as an affirmative-action policy created a prosperous Malay middle class that had never before existed. In Asia, only the nations of Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Brunei rank higher than Malaysia in the U.N.'s Human Development Index. Most impressively, while other multiethnic nations like Yugoslavia, Sri Lanka and Rwanda fractured into conflict, Malaysia has largely kept peace between groups that include Muslim Malays (about 50%); Buddhist and Christian Chinese (roughly 25%); Hindu...
...that publishes the “official” Spanish dictionary—refuses to recognize words that “rupture the linguistic system in its totality” or “endanger the language’s unity ,” i.e. American-isms. In 2002, Japan appointed a “Council on Japanese Language” to advise the government and media as to what foreign terms should be admitted into the language. The members of such institutions as these seek to protect their languages against “dilution” and eventual extinction...
...energy saving we can achieve through improved efficiency. World energy demand might triple by 2050, yet we'll have to bring emissions at mid-century well under today's global rate if the world is to stay safe. The point is that all major economies, including the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and India, will need to shift, and shift soon, to low-emission power plants, automobiles and factories...
...method the researchers in Japan and Wisconsin used to arrive at stem cells involves transferring four genes into the genome of a mature cell through virus. These four genes produce factors that “reprogram” the mature cell’s genome to a stem-like state. No viable embryo, therefore, is either created or destroyed—which is the main qualm of conservative opponents of the research...