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Mar 31, 1996

Encounters: Tokyo Times

A Californian can only survive so long in a country where hardship is expected to be endured rather than overcome

I'm thinking of quitting,' said Mike. 'Quitting what?' I asked. 'The agency or the investor relations business?' 'The country,' came the reply. 'I think it's time to go home.' I had time to take in this surprising news while the waiter placed two beautifully presented antipasti in front of us. We were lunching in a Venetian restaurant - in a room that everyone might have thought was in a real palazzo - except perhaps Peggy Guggenheim. In fact we weren't in Venice. Three things gave it away.

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