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...March 20 nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway, an assassination attempt was made on the head of the National Police Agency. The focus of the probe, as well as the target of rising public suspicion, remained the Aum Shinrikyo cult. A raid on the group's holiest shrine revealed a hidden factory equipped with sophisticated chemical-production devices. Cult leader Shoko Asahara remained in hiding, while followers protested their innocence...
Every Japanese school had a shrine that contained a picture of the Emperor. Every Japanese had to jump to attention at the mere mention of the imperial name. History lessons began with myths told as truth about the divine ancestry of the Emperor and, by extension, the Japanese race. Self-sacrifice was extolled as the highest virtue. When winning the war had become hopeless, the Japanese people were told to prepare for a suicidal last stand...
...Pair, the Lynches then signed with the Connecticut-based Au Pair in America, another of the eight private agencies designated by the U.S. Information Agency to match American families with European au pairs who are between the ages of 18 and 25. Melanie, 19, promptly erected a vast photo shrine of the child she had cared for back home in England, then cried and cried. Three days later, an agency counselor visited and suggested that Melanie leave within 24 hours. Exit Melanie, enter Katja, a 22-year-old German who failed to watch the Lynch girls when they swam...
Saturday: Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima visits a shrine to pray for victory -- to no avail. Lions maul his team 11-0. Sunday: Series evened with a 1-0 squeaker, thanks to fine pitching by Hiromi Makihara. Tuesday: Giants win in freezing weather. Fans guzzle 3,000 bottles of hot sake to keep warm. Wednesday: A 12-inning thriller. Lions win 6-5. Series tied. Thursday: Grand- slam homer by Giants pinch hitter Koichi Ogata, left, helps clinch a 9-3 victory. Saturday: Giants win 3-1 and clinch the Series for the 18th time...
...Future, Back to the Future Part II, Jurassic Park and The Flintstones) have come from Spielberg's Amblin. Another Spielberg film, Schindler's List, | earned $96 million and a slew of Oscars. Universal Studios Florida, the company's pricey rival to Walt Disney World, is virtually a Spielberg shrine, with major rides celebrating E.T., Back to the Future and Jaws. But without its main man, Universal is a crippled company. The rest of its movie trove is a dog named Beethoven and some other dogs named Dr. Giggles, Splitting Heirs and Havana...