Word: tanaka
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Keeping the Yale waterballers out of Harvard's territorial waters and mounting the Crimson's offense will be returning starters Daiss and Otto, as well as Juniors Wes Raffle and Neil Oxnard, and sophomores Jim Jones, Jerry Feliciano, and Tom Tanaka...
...through, and lately he has become something of an economic czar. A veteran financial expert and leader of one of the Liberal Democratic Party's strongest factions, he has served several terms as Finance Minister; he was called on to resume that post by former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka -with whom Fukuda, to put it mildly, did not get along-when the oil crisis broke in late 1973. When financial scandals forced Tanaka to step down last December, the post of Prime Minister fell to the little-known Takeo Miki, who, lacking a strong background in economics, has pretty...
Elsewhere, leaders hardly stayed in place long enough to be in the running as Men of the Year. Governments changed with what seemed a manic rapidity. Israel's Golda Meir left office, replaced by Yitzhak Rabin. Japan's Kakuei Tanaka resigned amid scandal, with Takeo Miki succeeding him. Western Europe seemed beset by Fraktionspolitik. Great Britain deposed Edward Heath and reinstated Harold Wilson. France's Georges Pompidou died in April and was replaced by the progressive conservative Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. West Germany's Willy Brandt resigned in the shadow...
...Cabinet will contain members of all L.D.P. blocs and thus may be more effective than Tanaka's was in pushing programs through the Diet. Even so, it is uncertain how long the ambitious Fukuda and Ohira will continue to back the new Premier. Either may attempt to undermine Miki-if and when he feels strong enough to become Premier himself. That kind of power play, however, could destroy the L.D.P. and plunge Japan into political instability...
...political beliefs. When pressed, he declares that he is a "progressive conservative" and an advocate of "modernization," but does not explain what these terms mean. His main talent, perhaps, is an instinctive gift for discerning the moodo (mood) of his countrymen. Last summer, sensing the mounting furor over Tanaka's use of vast sums of money in political campaigns, Miki resigned as Deputy Premier and shrewdly began cultivating his image as a reformer. Considering the complex economic and political problems that confront Japan, though, Miki will need more than hara and an ability to perceive his nation...