Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...still do. I didn't think I'd have a problem with interviews because I had hosted the Tonight show, and there, if you just sit and follow the notes that the staff has prepared for you, you can do a pretty good interview. But for some reason, on this show I had a lot of trouble. I think I just was frightened that suddenly I had to perform as the host of my own show. I was intimidated by guests. So it took a while to overcome that. I remember at one point having a major shift of attitude...
...Many reasons. First of all, personally, if it had not been for the Tonight show and Johnny Carson, I wouldn't have a car -- probably wouldn't have shoes. But the real reason I look up to the guy is the longer I do this, the more respect I have for him. Show me somebody else in the history of television who has not only survived but also dominated for a quarter of a century. I think if you don't have respect for that, there's something wrong with...
Nonetheless, serious questions remain. Though Japanese cities already have underground shopping malls and parking garages, their depth and size have been strictly limited by law. The reason: a devastating fire in an underground shopping mall in Shizuoka that killed 15 people in 1980. Subterranean structures are resistant to earthquakes and water leaks but generally vulnerable to fire and smoke. Architects believe they can beat the problem with sophisticated sensor systems to warn of fires and temporary shelters in which the inside air pressure is kept slightly higher than normal to repel smoke...
...biggest obstacle could be the psychological barrier to living away from the sun and sky. Critics see the potential for mass claustrophobia. For that reason, planners foresee few underground housing projects, at least initially. The idea is to move offices and stores beneath the surface to free up the land above for residential building. People would become vertical commuters, going down a huge elevator shaft to work...
Daniel Ortega, the President of Nicaragua, has good reason to be optimistic that things may be different under George Bush. The expectation in foreign policy circles is that instead of trying to make Ortega cry uncle, the Bush Administration -- by necessity as much as by choice -- will approach Nicaragua with something less drastic in mind than toppling its government. In large part, that will happen because the contras are in suspended animation, not demobilized but with little hope of renewed military aid from the U.S. Instead, the U.S. will put its weight behind the 18-month-old Arias peace plan...