Word: amenities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Amen. Even as giants like Nissan and Mitsubishi are racked by restructuring woes, new start-ups emerge every day in Japan. To be sure, their ranks are puny by U.S. standards, but the movement seems to have taken hold. This fall 2,300 enthusiasts turned out for a meeting promoting the establishment of a NASDAQ over-the-counter market in Japan. Old business models are being tossed aside like yesterday's sashimi. The hero of a popular novel is the young president of a chain of bars. One of Japan's biggest growth industries is continuing education. And Tokyo...
...shook things up even more, not only changing his name to honor the new god (Akhenaten means "one who serves Aten") but also banishing the older gods, especially the priestly favorite Amen. Some scholars believe Akhenaten's monotheism, a historic first, inspired the Hebrew prophets, but it had the more immediate effect of freeing Egypt's artists. They could now portray the Pharaoh and the voluptuous Nefertiti (who may have shared the throne with him) in a far more casual, realistic way. Akhenaten's cone-shaped head, elongated face, fingers and toes, pot belly and flaring hips have led some...
...Amen to that, sister...
...story is so perfect, God's calling him to lead a broken people, it is like candy for the skeptics who believe that every moment of this extraordinary ascent has been spun and scripted down to the last amen. It has something for everyone: it works for the family, for the Christians, for the Texans, the independents and moderates who don't want someone who feels he just deserves this by birthright. It works for those who believe this is all about revenge, with mom sitting there in her triple strand of pearls urging her son on. It also might...
...upset people. We don't like being happy. We're always looking for an enemy--just as the left is--to play on people's fears, which increases cynicism. And then we wonder why voter turnout is so low." Sounding an alarm raises more money than saying amen...