Word: superiors
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Despite Commodore Perry and General MacArthur, the Japanese have rigorously guarded their culture, their minds and their gene pool against foreign influences. Today most of Japan's 120 million people still share an unshakable belief that they are different from, indeed superior to, all other people. Says Kuniko Inoguchi, assistant professor of international relations at Tokyo's Sophia University: "There is a set of subtle but complicated rules that exclude outsiders from a homogeneous village called Japan...
However, Japan's educational system will need more than a smattering of foreign influences if it hopes to maintain its vitality. While educators the world over seem to agree that the Japanese system is superior up through high school, Japanese universities have failed to achieve the same recognition. Japan's academic emphasis on rote learning fails to encourage the sort of innovative thinking that will be crucial to its high-tech future...
...BABY M case, decided last week, produced at least as much posturing as it did postulating among commentators. For feminists, the trial provided an opportunity for some male-bashing. And from the hawkers of surrogate parenting came the ridiculous claim that New Jersey Superior Court Judge Harvey R. Sorkow's ruling had made an honest woman of surrogacy...
While she was held in jail for four days, the killers -- three men with prior arrest records -- turned up. Smith, 39, filed a suit for false arrest. Last week Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joel Rudof ruled that despite Smith's detailed account of the murder of a woman she never knew or saw, police did not have probable cause to lock her up. Smith's attorney has asked for $750,000 in damages; the jury's verdict is expected this week...
...Oklahoma-Pitt second-round matchup will feature two immensely talented but inconsistent teams. Oklahoma has the superior backcourt, and Darryl Kennedy and Harvey Grant can score with Pitt's outstanding front line. But Oklahoma's defensive lapses will probably tell in the end. Iowa (27-4) is tough, but Pitt, led by Jerome Lane (13.8 r.p.g.) is one team that can rebound with the Hawkeyes. If Curtis Aiken stops building houses from three-point range, the Panthers could go to the regional final...