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Perhaps the one trait that makes both men and women distinctively Japanese is their extreme deference to the harmony of the group. Says Author and Feminist Yumiko Yansson, explaining why Japanese women remain mostly kakure feministo (closet feminists), despite their increasing discontent: " 'Resignation is the first lesson of life,' the saying goes. In Japan, rebellion means being an outsider...
Ironically, the bit of human nature in clear evidence among respected television journalists last week was precisely the trait which earned Frank Reynolds his greatest notoriety as a newsman. It happened live, on the 1981 afternoon when President Reagan was shot. After airing conflicting reports as to the fate of presidential press secretary James Brady, Reynolds lost his composure, turned his head into the newsroom behind him, and pleaded, "Let's get it nailed down somebody' Let's find out!" The remark was uncharacteristic and highly unusual, and for both those reasons it has gotten a lot of attention...
Bell explained that Kennedy picked up that trait after the Bay of Pigs hasen in 1961 which he commissioned largely on the basis of international advice...
...overriding trait of the two-term Senator from Ohio is his independent mind. Glenn is for nuclear power and says so in the face of the fiercest opposition. He publicly calls for the Israelis to stop building more settlements on the West Bank. He has defied organized labor by voting against its cherished picketing legislation, and union leaders have never really forgiven him. Glenn has uncommon political courage. Interest groups, no matter how sophisticated and strident, have learned that turning up the pressure only makes Glenn hang tougher. He cannot be intimidated...
...more than a hundred small gardens and inhaled the subtle scents of the catalpa trees ("Almost everything grows that is put into the ground," marveled a Swiss visitor in 1701). They worked and studied prodigiously for their beliefs, a diligence that became the young nation's defining trait. Lawyer George Wythe, whose house on the green is a visual joy, started a student in Greek at dawn and by evening had taken him through Latin, mathematics, French and English literature. Young Jefferson studied 15 hours out of every 24. "Determine never to be idle," he told his daughter...