The Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Notification

HIDEAKI UEDA

In a message to Washington journalists, the Japanese embassy spokesman mused, "I'm sure that most cities experience an August 'slump,' when . . . things get rather quiet. This is especially true of Washington." The letter was dated Aug. 3, two days after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

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