2. Who said Japan has no lawsuits?
4. Haitians migrate to Senegal.
5. The scandal of occupational licensing in Greece.
6. Escalation.
6. Amartya Sen helps revitalize world's oldest university, in India.
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#5 sounds just like the taxi medallion scam in some certain cities in the US.
3. What is the economics name for the look on that woman's face? I ponder this issue at the bank or at intersections where people have to wait anxiously and then when they get to the first position they are suddenly contented with their situation.
There's an excellent chapter on the myth of Japanese distaste for lawsuits: "Weak Legal Consciousness" in Mirror of Modernity (http://books.google.com/books?id=IJDgOecLzsQC&lpg=PA49&ots=HvHMj_NTWH&dq=mirror%20of%20modernity%20lawsuits&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q&f=false).
Yes, I hope La Maison Troisgros avoids wine, then. Because that would be unfortunate.
#1, musical appreciation shedding age barriers – young kids are much more likely to listen to classic rock than late Gen Xers like myself were. Free availability of music means that direct pleasure gained by consuming it will be what determines what people listen to, and if there's a better measure of good music I don't know what it is. Also, I've often wondered if the occasional references to metal here came because he likes metal, or because as a genre it illustrates certain principles. As much as I would like to run into Tyler at a Slayer show somehow I'm not holding my breath.
Your welcome for the hint
(2) If you read the article again, you will see that the landlords are basically shouting "pay up!" and the victims' families are too distraught to say no — the landlords would not actually sue because (a) it's very expensive in Japan and (b) they have no chance in hell of winning.
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