Word: japanized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...suggest that U.S. railroaders ask the operators of Japan's National Railways the secret to successful management...
...rushed through a solid wall of flame to rescue a little girl. Others made a firebreak to contain the flames. A thousand servicemen swarmed to the scene, clawed through hot rubble with their bare hands. Twenty-five helicopters shuttled the injured to hospitals. A jet plane flew in from Japan with 35,000 units of tetanus serum to combat infection. Claims commissioners, given orders to "cut all red tape," quickly went to work compensating families for destroyed property. Shelter was found for the homeless. But, despite all efforts, 16 people died (twelve of them children) and 121 were injured...
Street of Shame (Japanese). A moving study of prostitution in Japan...
...mantle stops flowing. Since the mantle rock at its sides is heavier, it moves in, forcing upward the dragged-down crust and the sediments in the trough. Final result is that the former trench pokes above the sea, appearing as an arc of islands set with volcanoes, like Japan, or a curving shore of young mountains, like California...
...pounds of frozen dressed poultry. When samples of U.S. cigarettes were handed out in Thailand, purchases of cigarettes made from U.S. tobacco jumped from 7,000,000 to 14 million in a month. Lately cotton consumption has risen 12% in France, 11% in West Germany, and 20% in Japan following trade-fair promotions. Industry sources believe the current 5,700,000-bale foreign market can be boosted to 8,000,000. Says the Cotton Council: "If we could get world cotton consumption per capita up to anywhere near U.S. consumption there would be a world cotton shortage...