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To: Lee who wrote (4186)	6/4/1998 3:10:00 PM
From: Michael Sphar	Respond to of 9980

Don't forget your Visa card, not everyplace takes American Express <g>

To: Lee who wrote (4186)	6/4/1998 4:41:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Thread, Here's an Atlantic Monthly article that gives you the real flavor of life in Japan. We talked about this article quite a bit on this thread a month back. It just came on the Atlantic Monthly web site. It's a very insightful piece. Instead of being totally frustrated by the lack of progress in Japan's economic policies, one read through this article shows you it's not just an economic problem, it's a socio-economic problem. If you want to understand why the Japanese do what they do, I suggest reading this. Very good article with lots of facts. If anyone finds anything particularly interesting, cut and paste it in so we can discuss! MikeM(From Florida) Atlantic Monthly June 1998 The Social Contradictions of Japanese Capitalism: theatlantic.com

To: Lee who wrote (4186)	6/4/1998 6:35:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9980

re: Michael, you are destroying my image of Asia. <<g>> About 10 years ago Singapore transformed into a collection of shopping malls... The place is mainly Chinese and they still have a "China Town", of course with a fancy ChinaTown Point shopping center with dual spiraling towers. :-) Can't knock it though. Many grocery stores had Chinese, Japanese, Malay and Western sections. Really wish we had such grocery stores in the USA. Even their fresh produce sections alone are worth visiting. Consumers delight.