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The survey will probably blast many viewers' assumptions about what Japanese art should look like. Forget about tributes to Mount Fuji or poetic evocations < of the changing seasons. These members of what one Japanese critic has called "the post-Hiroshima generation" have grown up in a technology-driven, fiercely consumerist...
The most important aspect of Bush's visit was its symbolism. "The Iron Curtain has begun to part," the President declared in an eloquent speech at the Karl Marx University in Budapest. In front of Gdansk's Lenin shipyard, he told cheering Poles, "America stands with you." While offering lavish...
Bush's plan to send in Peace Corps volunteers to teach English in Hungary served as a nice counterpoint to the dropping of Russian-language requirements in that nation's schools. But the second language there has traditionally been German. The historic role of Germany, however, is a troublesome obstacle...
Surprisingly, the insistence on victory comes from both ideological poles, but for very different reasons. On the right, the unstated premise is simply put: no more intifadeh, no more need for peace. Even the downside is welcomed. Given the undisputed hardening of opinion -- especially among those Israelis and Palestinians who...
After more than 40 years of Communism, Poland is an economic cripple. Inflation is running close to 100% a year, the zloty is not considered real money, and all important transactions are done in dollars. The wait for an apartment is 20 years, an almost inconceivable reality that dominates the...