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...announced the presence of circuses, and symbolized the glory of the nation. To the most humdrum of days, they added a touch of color; to the drabbest of buildings, they gave a bit of dignity; and for the vitality and imagination of a whole people, they provided the perfect outlet...
That was in 1939. Recalling the phone conversation in later years, Frankfurter said: "You know, he was given to teasing. Some people said that it was an innocently sadistic streak in him. He just had to have an outlet for fun." Behind his teasing, Roosevelt had reasons for hesitations about Frankfurter. For geographical balance, Roosevelt had wanted to name a man from the West or Midwest. Roosevelt well knew that he would stir up a storm by naming a foreign-born Jew with a well-deserved reputation as a radical advocate of liberal causes. But Frankfurter's prestige among...
...hinted at a reversal of the home-building policy. Nikita's Utopian blue print suggested that the imminent transition from socialism to Communism would make privately owned homes unnecessary. Another reason for the switch: the regime has been increasingly plagued by embezzling public servants who found a convenient outlet for spending their hoarded rubles on town houses and country dachas...
Exports: Coffee. Per capita income: $35-50. U.S. aid: $7,500,000. Both countries are heavily overpopulated, heavily dependent on foreign aid. Rwanda looks to neighboring Uganda for trade outlet. Rwanda is republic with moderate austerity regime. Burundi is monarchy with moderate regime under merry Mwami (King) Mwambutsa...
Sudden Comfort. Despite his professed disinterest in politics, Idemitsu owes his success largely to a canny ability to ride the political tides. He started with one small retail oil outlet in 1911 and steadily expanded across Japan. Then he followed the invading Japanese army into China in the 19305, pushing out U.S. and British oil companies. It was a wry joke among Japanese soldiers that whenever they captured a Chinese town, the first Japanese civilians to arrive were the "comfort girls"-and an Idemitsu...