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Despite these impressive figures, government polls indicate that a scant 30% of the population today claim to have any real personal religious beliefs. Many scholars trace the reasons for this void to the social shocks of World War II, which left a widespread legacy of nihilism. As large numbers of people flowed from the countryside into urban centers during the 1950s, they were separated from ties with the religions in their home areas. Getting a good education and blazing a successful career became national preoccupations, supplanting traditional faiths...
...today run by cautious bosses looking for quick profits in a few restrictive genres. Besides the ubiquitous porno, local audiences embrace movies about gangsters and itinerant swordsmen, family sagas, cartoon fantasies and stoic romances in which the hero and heroine never kiss. The endlessly popular Tora-San movies, which trace the comic misfortunes of a middle-aged wanderer and his family, will soon appear in The Guinness...
...show equipment being sent out of the country for Iranian air force C-130s, and last week U.S. authorities stopped Ramco electronics and aviation parts headed out of the country. Rvocco insists that he has shipped only legitimate dual-use supplies: "There is not a single transaction they can trace to us that is improper." Both De Mello and Hashemi are under investigation by federal agencies for their arms trading...
...emphatically. "Ron is strong, but he doesn't 'muscle' the swing. It's rhythmic, natural. In his mind, I think he's just so sure he can hit, the pitchers can strike him out, make him look foolish, and there's still that trace of a smile. He knows he's going to get them." Tony LaRussa, the manager, says, "You can't tell looking at Kittle after the game whether he struck out three tunes or had three hits. And he's played at least an average left field every...
...with Sagan's former wife Linda, an artist, created a gold-anodized aluminum plaque that was affixed to the spacecraft's side. The plaque shows a nude male and female, a representation of the solar system, plus other scientific clues that might help inhabitants of other worlds trace Pioneer's origins...