Word: sushi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...state primaries. The Arkansas Governor eliminated Jerry Brown by winning 48% to 40% in his home state of California, and consequently clinched the Democratic nomination with 366 delegates to spare. Then why was this ordinarily almost cockeyed optimist forcing his victory smile as lamely as a first-time sushi eater? In crucial California, at least, the reason was a climactic revolt against politics as usual that rewarded not Clinton so much as outsider Ross Perot and, to a historic extent, a surging team of women candidates led by Democratic U.S. Senate nominees Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer...
EDUCATION: Two Plus Two, Pass the Sushi...
...ANGLES. Once a landscape of deserts, it has been transformed into a vast playground. Freeways criss-crossing thew city, fast-food shops specializing in everything from hot tamales to take-out sushi, and mini-shopping malls on every block make their mark on the plastic expanse of wide streets and sun-bronzed people. And when the sun descends over the pacific, the wild ones know exactly where to go. They hip-hop downtown--where pleasures-seekers and licentious groovers explode recklessly to the primal beats of the night. Tonight the scene is the old Park Plaza Hotel, where a French...
...actual news stories (e.g., the purchase of U.S. film studios by Sony and Matsushita), Japanese cars and computer chips are shown converging on a map of the U.S. Winged dollars at the top of the screen fly back toward Japan. Who wins? Flying hot dogs indicate an American victory; sushi signals a Japanese triumph. Then there are cowboys who shoot at samurai warriors. The brochure describes Japan Bashing with some understatement as "a game of reality and tension...
JAPANESE RESTAURANTS: Everyone's first thought: It was that sushi, wasn...