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...Such slick maneuvering makes Nonaka the object of dread. "Most of Nonaka's political power owes itself to people's fear of him," says Morita. For a burakumin to inspire fear in political circles is doubly impressive because it is unthinkable in most other spheres. Even though Japan has laws to protect burakumin, they often endure discrimination in school and in the workplace. In the last government survey in 1993, there were 892,000 burakumin counted in 4,442 districts. (Rights groups say the numbers are much higher, perhaps totaling 3 million.) Yet you won't read about the burakumin...
...wasn't just fellow Republicans plotting against the bill. McCain and Feingold realized that some Democrats privately wanted to see the bill die. It had been easy to support in the past, when it had no chance of passing. But in the 2000 election the Democrats had become as slick as the Republicans at raising soft money; do away with it, and all that would be left is hard money, where the GOP still holds a big advantage. Some Democrats approached McConnell quietly, he told TIME, with private pleas to "stop this from happening" and "pull some rabbit...
...Oscar-nominated screenwriter (You Can Count on Me) and playwright (This Is Our Youth, The Waverly Gallery) weaves an intriguing tale that keeps one glued to the stage for two hours. But too many sitcom-style laughs and contrived character twists betray this off-Broadway comedy-drama as a slick but disposable confection...
...wasn't worth it for me to do something slick," he said...
Having once riled Mayor Rudolph Giuliani with the "Sensation" show, the Brooklyn Museum has done it again with Renee Cox's Yo Mama's Last Supper, in which Cox features herself naked in the place of Christ. It's all just so much stale postmodern show biz, slick and corny at the same time. Don't let it divert you from Bob Greene's hot shots of Papua New Guinea or Beuford Smith's Hip-Hop poster series, highlights in an otherwise benign but mostly unremarkable show...