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...kind of creative destruction that could have reinvigorated Japan's economic infrastructure. As a result, no entrepreneurial phoenix is rising from Japan's industrial ashes. Real-estate values are at 1982 levels. Manufacturing has been siphoned off to China and other cheaper countries and unemployment is at a post-war high of 5.6%. A survey by Koizumi's office finds that 65% of the population are feeling insecure and fearful of the future - higher than at any point since 1958. "Our wealth," says former Vice Minister of Finance Eisuke Sakakibara, now director of an economic think tank and professor...
...Destiny opened his eyes to the poetic expressiveness of the cinema. This fantastical film, which is about the fight of the individual against the forces of death, or destiny, is based on a Grimms fairy tale, and is in the German romantic tradition. Dr. Mabuse captures the essence of post-war despair and is a commentary on the dangers of political power. Dr. Mabuse is a master of disguises, and through him, Lang reveals the deceptive power of the cinema. Die Nibelungen had a large impact on Eisenstein and uses symbolism to convey the epic tale of Siegrfied and Brunhild
...Destiny opened his eyes to the poetic expressiveness of the cinema. This fantastical film, which is about the fight of the individual against the forces of death, or destiny, is based on a Grimms fairy tale, and is in the German romantic tradition. Dr. Mabuse captures the essence of post-war despair and is a commentary on the dangers of political power. Dr. Mabuse is a master of disguises, and through him, Lang reveals the deceptive power of the cinema. Die Nibelungen had a large impact on Eisenstein and uses symbolism to convey the epic tale of Siegfried and Brunhild...
...attained until the popularization of rock and roll. Although lacking a distinctive corollary in the art world, early rock and roll still was still driven by the same motivation of avant-garde art: questioning blind adherence to societal norms. What began as a search for personal identity among post-war teenagers resulted in a blow to the sanitized, suburban nuclear family unit of Eisenhower’s America. The resounding popularity of rock and roll icons Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley blurred the barriers between white and “colored,” poor and affluent...
Atwood described growing up during the post-war era where “women had been herded back into the home and the baby boom had begun...