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...much of the genuine article on tap, viewers have no need to get an image of Japan from Americans with a message or a grudge. And if the glory days of the nation's art film are gone, the export industry for filmed entertainment has never been more robust. Every kid cherishes Pokémon. Every lurker in specialized video stores knows the "violent pink" sex melodramas. Anime is everywhere. And actor-director "Beat" Takeshi Kitano is the tough guy du jour...
...PRESIDENT: My job is to uphold the spirit of the Taiwan Relations Act, and I did so - with a very robust package. It appeared to me the Taiwanese were very grateful...
...Bush's comments came in the course of a series of media interviews marking his first 100 days in office, and appear to have been designed to strike a tough posture behind his decision to sell Taiwan a robust package of weapons but hold off on supplying it the Aegis anti-missile warfare system. Washington observers believe he wasn't trying to signal a new policy - even if his words did just that - and some suggest he may have confused arming the island to defend itself against the mainland with the idea of going to war to defend Taiwan...
...business out of the web than was really possible. Investors are now loathe to touch any stock whose name ends in .com, and the prevailing opinion is that such failures have been a cathartic experience for the technology industry. In a few years, the industry will be healthy and robust again, precisely because no one is wasting time and money founding companies with names like BBQ.com...
...early striving is, often, the parents, who are increasingly consumed by the idea that if they can't perfect their children, they must at least get them as close to that ideal as possible. And who can blame them? Birth rates, while short of baby-boom levels, are nonetheless robust, tightening the competition for spots in the best schools. At the same time, almost all those schools have democratized their admissions policies, meaning it's no longer just the ?lite who can attend. With competition getting ever keener, kids have to do ever more to distinguish themselves...