Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Japan: land of the rising yen, unstoppable economic growth and perpetual bullishness. That was the image that emerged in the 1980s, as Japan's financial juggernaut rolled forward with seldom a pause or a setback. The most striking symbol was Tokyo's stock market, which consistently scaled heights that seemed unattainable by any global standard. Property values rose astronomically, yet inflation was virtually nonexistent. The money machine kept churning, as if powered by some magic force, difficult to fathom and nearly invulnerable to financial stresses and strains in the rest of the world...
...symbol of the times is blue jeans -- not just blue jeans in good condition but jeans that are frayed, torn, discolored. They don't get that way naturally. No one wants blue jeans that are crisply clean or spanking new. Manufacturers recognize a big market when they see it, and they compete with one another to offer jeans that are made to look as though they've just been discarded by clumsy house painters after ten years of wear. The more faded and seemingly ancient the garment, the higher the cost. Disheveled is in fashion; neatness is obsolete...
...American wines in Japan. The company has uncorked a new line of four California wines to be sold in Japan under a Gone With the Wind label. It hopes to capitalize on Japan's near obsessive love for the 1939 epic, which company official Tsutomu Nakamura describes as "a symbol of American culture and an unforgettable dream of youth...
...roaring MGM lion, may be Hollywood's most enduring symbol, but lately he's been looking a bit shopworn. Last October financier Kirk Kerkorian agreed to sell MGM/UA to Australia's Qintex, but the deal collapsed when the buyer could not complete the financing. Talks with several other bidders have since fizzled. Last week Los Angeles-based Pathe Communications said it will pay $1.2 billion for the venerable studio, whose 1,000-film library includes James Bond, the Pink Panther and West Side Story. "A great day for Europe!" said Giancarlo Parretti, the Italian investor who controls Pathe...
Even more important than what Gromyko and Yeltsin say is the manner in which they do (or do not) say it. Like the old Soviet state of which he was a symbol, Gromyko is plodding and closed and oppressive. Like the new Soviet state of which he ardently hopes to become a symbol, Yeltsin is explosive and open and at times verging on being out of control. Which makes Yeltsin's book, like the new Soviet state, far more exciting than the old model...