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...ending tariffs and subsidies is a hard sell, not only because farmers represent a powerful voting and lobbying bloc, but also because of the high-profile role that rice plays in Asian cultures. The word for rice?gohan in Japanese and bap in Korean?is often used as a synonym for "meal." In Japan, schoolchildren are taught that Japanese civilization began with the introduction of rice farming. Most Japanese festivals revolve around rice and the rice harvest. South Korean families use rice cakes and rice wine as offerings in traditional Confucian ceremonies to honor their ancestors. Many local superstitions...
...traditional pool player, setting up his opponents for a hustle. He likes to announce his presence at the table with a thunder break. When he is on a hot streak, he boogies around the baize as if he were starring in a music video. To him, guile is a synonym for cowardice, and patience the deadliest of virtues. There is something funny about his knothead exuberance and something unsettling and dangerous about...
Chung, 67, has spent six years hammering that zero-defects message into the heads of Hyundai's employees, and the result has been one of the most surprising turnabouts in automotive history. A few years ago, Hyundai, South Korea's largest car manufacturer, was a synonym for shoddy. Seoul was the only place in the world where you were likely to see large numbers of its cars on the street. Today the company's line of pleasantly stylish, relatively inexpensive and certifiably reliable sedans and sport-utility vehicles is tailgating the industry's best-known brands in several prime markets...
...Chung, 67, has spent six years hammering this zero-defects message into the heads of Hyundai's employees?and the result has been one of the most surprising turnabouts in automotive history. A few years ago, Hyundai, South Korea's largest car manufacturer, was a synonym for "shoddy." Seoul was the only place in the world where you were likely to see large numbers of its cars on the street. Today, the company's line of pleasantly stylish, relatively inexpensive and certifiably reliable sedans and sport-utility vehicles is tailgating the industry's best-known brands in several prime markets...
This is the essence of what Jon Stewart complained about during his recent, famous appearance on Crossfire: “News” today is really a synonym for “entertainment,” with the hosts serving up a daily dose of “stupid guest tricks.” At least Stewart didn’t hide the object of his distain. If only real journalists had the guts of the fake ones...