Word: shimosuwa
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...forgot that he has to make use of that popularity to bring the recalcitrant bureaucrats on board and to convince his legislative opponents that they'd be fools to stand in the way of a popular Governor. In March, lawmakers brutally destroyed his plan to stop construction of the Shimosuwa dam. There wasn't a thing Tanaka could do about it but grouse. "The general contractors and construction companies think that more highways and bridges will bring on prosperity and recovery," he fumes. "But ordinary people are just annoyed...
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