japan

Jim R.
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  1. lifeblood
    the blood considered as the seat of vitality
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  2. submerge
    put under water
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  3. tsunami
    a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  4. northeast
    the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  5. nuclear power
    nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use)
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  6. flair
    a natural talent
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  7. gasoline
    a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  8. power plant
    an electrical generating station
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  9. frigid
    extremely cold
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  10. vaunt
    show off
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  11. quake
    shake with fast, unsteady movements
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  12. affluent
    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  13. Haiti
    an island in the West Indies
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  14. cascade
    a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  15. pauper
    a person who is very poor
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  16. submerged
    beneath the surface of the water
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  17. Indonesia
    a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  18. Japan
    a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  19. magnitude
    the property of relative size or extent
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  20. shortage
    an amount that is less than expected or required
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  21. earthquake
    vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  22. plunge
    dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  23. swamp
    low land that is seasonally flooded
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  24. flowing
    designed to offer the least resistance while moving through air
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  25. machinery
    mechanical or electrical devices collectively
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  26. wipe
    rub with a circular motion
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  27. Friday
    the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  28. nuclear
    constituting the core or central part
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  29. idle
    not in action or at work
    Authorities have hardly been idle.
  30. town
    an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  31. unlike
    marked by dissimilarity
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  32. Asia
    the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  33. map
    a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  34. northern
    situated in or oriented toward the north
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  35. misery
    a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  36. authorities
    the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
    Authorities have hardly been idle.
  37. crisis
    a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  38. asking
    the verbal act of requesting
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  39. economy
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  40. organization
    a methodical and orderly manner or approach
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  41. victim
    an unfortunate person who suffers from adverse circumstances
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  42. country
    the territory occupied by a nation
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  43. flow
    move along, of liquids
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  44. suffering
    feelings of mental or physical pain
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  45. darkness
    absence of light or illumination
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  46. entire
    constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  47. edge
    a line determining the limits of an area
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  48. China
    a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  49. coast
    the shore of a sea or ocean
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  50. modern
    ahead of the times
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  51. why
    the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  52. power
    possession of the qualities required to do something
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  53. hardly
    almost not
    Authorities have hardly been idle.
  54. village
    a settlement smaller than a town
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  55. plant
    a living organism without the power to move
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  56. authority
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
    Authorities have hardly been idle.
  57. control
    power to direct or determine
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  58. food
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  59. rich
    possessing material wealth
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  60. suffer
    undergo or be subjected to
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  61. across
    to the opposite side
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  62. happen
    come to pass
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  63. nation
    a politically organized body of people under a government
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  64. expect
    regard something as probable or likely
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  65. understand
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  66. five
    the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  67. government
    the system or form by which a community is ruled
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  68. days
    the time during which someone's life continues
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  69. half
    one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  70. water
    compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear liquid
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  71. left
    being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  72. put
    cause to be in a certain state
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  73. state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  74. keep
    continue a certain state, condition, or activity
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  75. ask
    make a request or demand for something to somebody
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  76. off
    from a particular thing or place or position
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  77. part
    one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  78. world
    the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  79. leave
    go away from a place
    a 9.0-magnitude quake Friday, Japan’s machinery of state has been swamped by a cascade of crises: a tsunami that wiped towns and village off the map; an out-of-control nuclear power plant that has put the entire country on edge; and shortages of food, power and gasoline that have left the northern part of one of Asia’s richest nations with the miseries of the world’s paupers.
  80. many
    a large number of the persons or things being discussed
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  81. place
    a point located with respect to surface features of a region
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  82. work
    activity directed toward making or doing something
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  83. much
    great in quantity or degree or extent
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  84. such
    of so extreme a degree or extent
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
  85. day
    time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    Unlike victims of earthquakes in Haiti, Indonesia or China, those suffering in Japan expect their government to work and can’t understand why a country as affluent as theirs can’t keep gasoline, the lifeblood of a modern economy, flowing and why towns across the northeast have been plunged into frigid darkness for five days.
  86. now
    at the present moment
    But in places such as Ishinomaki , a town on Japan’s northeast coast now half-submerged in water, many are asking what happened to the country’s much-vaunted flair for organization.
Created on Mon Mar 21 12:18:44 EDT 2011

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