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[00:01]divorce

[00:02]In the past decade, the Japanese divorce rate, while

[00:05]still well below that of the United States, has increased

[00:08]by more than 50 percent, and suicides have increased by

[00:12]nearly one quarter.

[00:16]source

[00:17]Social science methodologies had to be adapted to a

[00:20]discipline governed by the primacy of historical sources

[00:24]rather than the imperatives of the contemporary world.

[00:54]pine

[00:55]This village sits along Interstate; a major route to Gulf

[00:59]Coast beaches and Mississippi's coastal casinos, and its

[01:03]17-story hotel has become a landmark towering above the

[01:07]rural area's vast stretches of pine forests.

[00:43]pillow

[00:44]and lay my head down on that pillow and go to

[00:47]sleep, he's not sleeping, because he's working and he's

[00:51]thinking and he's creating …

[00:30]pillar

[00:31]It coincides with a men's tournament at the same

[00:35]venue. "We see Asia as a strategic pillar to long-term and

[00:40]sustainable growth."

[01:11]dine

[01:15]Pringce Charles and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles will

[01:18]dine at the White House, take in the World Trade Center site

[01:22]and tour organic farms in California.

[01:26]schedule

[01:28]Tupperware puts down $350 toward his car payment

[01:31]each month. "I have a gorgeous diamond ring, leather

[01:36]handbags, leather luggage," he says, along with very

[01:41]flexible hours and the freedom to set his own schedule.