I think most Americans probably believe that our relationship with Japan began in 1941. In fact, obviously, it began in 1854 when Commodore Perry sailed into Yokohama harbor and threatened to burn it down unless they would open up to trade with us. The imperial impulse was first ours historically.
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DREW BREES But my manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have t... TIM GUNN When our programs began succeeding, that's when he began complaining about us. I really do think it'... JIM RILEY Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow. JIM GENOVESE They open their hearts to us. It's been an incredible experience. I think it was a great step forwar... JENNIFER BERRY When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time. ELLIOTT CARTER We loved cars until the '70s or so. Then they became appliances. They turned into motorized cup ... P. J. O'ROURKE Both sides really get into it. They'd always get into it after the game. And they would throw down. ... BENNY WHITE They (St. Joseph) obviously stepped it up a notch after halftime. They do such a good job of finding... MIKE ORTIZ Hell was grey. Dim and lifeless... 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JOEL QUENNEVILLE I grew up in a town with 1,300 people, there were people who absolutely cut off all contact with my ... BRAD WEAVER A recent survey was said to prove that the people we Americans most admire are our politicians and d... SOURCE UNKNOWN A recent survey was said to prove that the people we Americans most admire are our politicians and d... It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing c... DOUGLASS NORTH Time is a teacher which in the end it kills all it's students. (Synchronicity 2015 Film) DEYTH BANGER The first rule of snooping is to come at it sideways--when you began writing me dizzy letters about ... ANNIE BARROWS 'Changes in Latitudes' began when I was looking at a photograph of a sea turtle swimming und... WILL HOBBS It wasn’t that everything was going my way, but I began to believe that the way it was going was p... 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Or to her virtues be a friend,
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