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...ways of other civilizations, is to make a fetish of national uniqueness. It might seem from the outside that Japanese had remade themselves in the Western mold, wearing Western clothes, adopting Western ideas, imitating Western institutions, but somewhere deep down in the core of every true-born Japanese lay a purely Japanese soul, unsullied by anything alien. The phrase for this was wakon yosai, "Japanese spirit, Western knowledge." Western culture and learning, it was implied, was only for the head; the heart remained resolutely native...
...explanation for the Japanese generation gap could lay in the tastes of fashionable Japan. Although Japanese consumers buy the vast majority of Yamamoto, Miyake and Comme des GarCons merchandise, they are fascinated with what the Western world is wearing. The stock of international fashion conglomerates like LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and the Gucci Group can rise or fall depending on the strength of the yen and the Japanese economy. With good reason: Japanese shoppers account for some 32% of Gucci and more than 45% of Louis Vuitton brand sales. Japanese consumers, says Gucci CEO Domenico De Sole, "like brands...
...cabinet members and agency heads that are involved all contribute staff as well too. They're working putting together a report. We've given the president a preliminary sort of interim report. We'll come to him eventually with a polished report that will be made public, that will lay out the case in terms of why we think there's a problem, and make a series of recommendations. He'll have to sit down and decide which ones he wants to accept and adopt as administration policy...
...that while TECH has been operating under its mission to “educate technology leaders and innovators,” and to be a “space for students, faculty, alumni and industry leaders to learn together, collaborate and innovate,” it has yet to lay out a clear structure for the organization...
...Cincinnati riots, Broder believes, should have moved Bush to say something concerned and statesmanlike. "The incident was local but the problem of police-minority relations is national - and important. Bush had a perfect opportunity to lay down a marker for his administration and the country and to shape the kind of discussion this issue needs in every community...