Word: tokyo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...father. Melancholy mom. Squall-free adolescence followed by the ritual college degree. But with no draft to face -- no obligations at all, really -- how is a bright, sensitive, well-off young fellow to grow up? Honoring tradition, Alec Stern decides to go abroad to try out maturity. His destination: Tokyo. Bicycle Days, a first novel by a 24-year-old Harvard graduate, is the wry, rueful story of Alec's efforts to cope with his job at a computer outfit and with a vexing foreign culture. Through his adoptive family, the friendship of an old fisherman and a troubling affair...
...Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond, Anita Pratap Beijing: Sandra Burton Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Bangkok: Ross H. Munro Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Mexico City: John Borrell Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...
...Soviet Union is just a piece of a new picture. Cleared to participate in the next Olympics, the National Basketball Association plans to contribute one team to a Milan tournament in October and assign two others to open next season in Tokyo. Japan's association with American baseball, of course, goes back to Babe Ruth. Just last November, on a typical All-Star tour, the Dodgers' Orel Hershiser capped his nearly scoreless autumn by yielding a Ruthian homer to Fujio Tamura of the Nippon Ham Fighters ("I was told he couldn't hit a curve ball"). But Japan is importing...
With protectionist fever rising on Capitol Hill, the U.S. strikes out against Japanese trade barriers, but critics fear that tough action may rupture relations with a critical ally. -- While most Americans think Tokyo's trading manners are still one-sided, the Japanese argue that they have come a long way from their closed-door past. -- A small Arkansas town welcomes the Japanese invasion...
...Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond, Anita Pratap Beijing: Sandra Burton Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Bangkok: Ross H. Munro Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Mexico City: John Borrell Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...