Word: japanized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Power tapped strapping (6 ft. 4 in., 225 Ibs.) Major General David Wade, 47, SAC chief of staff since mid-1956. A veteran bomber pilot, Louisiana-born General Wade saw Air Force duty in two wars, but he carried out his most daring exploit on the ground: stationed in Japan during the Korean War as commander of a B-29 wing, he won the Soldier's Medal for plunging into the burning wreckage of a fighter plane and hauling the pilot to safety...
...Japan, which would like to get Okinawa and the rest of the Ryukyu chain back some day, reaction was sharp. "Utter contempt for voters' rights," said Asahi Shimbun. "The prestige of American administration on Okinawa has reached an alltime low in Japanese eyes," said the Japan Times. Summed up one Japanese: "It is unAmerican, and counter to the democratic principles the Americans have taught...
...doll that can be outfitted with costumes ranging from a $1 smock to a fancy $250 mink coat. The little homemaker will find the appurtenances of the wonderful world of dolls more realistic than ever: from France comes an nin. metal shower ($9.95) that uses water, and from Japan a stove-and-sink combination ($3.95) with a burner that lights up and a tap that runs water, and a battery-operated automatic washing machine ($3) that washes doll clothes almost as efficiently as its adult counterpart...
...snowcapped Austrian mountains reminded me of Canada," he explains. "For weeks I was obsessed by snow and winter. I finally painted this to get the obsession out of my system. I always try to depict nature as I see it." ¶ Dynasty (opposite), by Kenzo Okada, one of Japan's leading moderns, who now lives in Manhattan. Okada, who came to the U.S. in 1950 with a full-fledged Tokyo reputation, feels his work has become liberated in the U.S., now sells out his shows at $3,500 tops. Dynasty harkens back to Okada's past, recalling...
ARABIAN OIL MONOPOLY, held by U.S.-owned companies, will be broken if Japan's new Arabian Oil Co. signs pending contract, upsetting the traditional 50-50 profit split. Terms of deal are still secret, but oilmen in U.S. and Tokyo say that Japanese company will pay about $2,000,000 a year to seek oil off shore of Saudi Arabia's half of Neutral Zone, will give 56% of profits and several other benefits to Saudi Arabia...