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For nearly a quarter-century now, Japan has been mired in a multidimensional crisis. Its economy, political system, social cohesion, and value system have all been affected. But does this mean Japan's role on the world stage should be seen as increasingly marginal? Maybe not. The country, now gearing up to host the 2020 Olympic Games, seems determined to regain its senior status. 'Abenomics' - the ambitious program of economic reforms brought in by new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - is starting to bear fruit. The Japanese find themselves dreaming of a future in which the Fukushima catastrophe, the yawning national debt, sluggish growth, and a shrinking population are distant memories. But Mr. Abe's key ambition is to leave his stamp on the nation's politics. Reform of the 1947 'Peace Constitution' is high on his agenda, with all the concomitant risks of letting the nationalist genie out of the bottle. Adapted from the source document.

Rien n'est plus débattu aujourd'hui que la « crise de l'autorité », signe peut-être que celle-ci ne se porte pas si mal. Plus que dans sa disparition annoncée, la question réside plutôt dans la difficulté à élucider le mystérieux mécanisme d'« augmentation » que l'autorité met en œuvre. Elle est en effet une opération qui vient « augmenter » un pouvoir, un argument ou une personne. Comment concevoir un tel processus dans un univers démocratique voué à la seule immanence, voire, disent certains, à la platitude ? Comment l'homme moderne pourrait-il s'augmenter lui-même ? C'est à explorer les pistes contemporaines que cet article est consacré. La source de l'autorité n'est plus à rechercher dans un passé mythique ou dans une transcendance sacrée, mais plutôt dans un avenir inquiet et dans le service rendu à d'autres êtres humains. Et il n'est pas certain qu'une telle autorité soit moins solide ou puissante que celle qui s'exerçait jadis, au « bon vieux temps ».

Resumen Nació de padres artistas, su obra muestra una madurez que va mas allá de sus años en gran parte debido a su espíritu reflectivo, casi como un asceta. Tuvo su primera exhibicion a los 11 años.

Walter Theodore Federer was born on August 23, 1915 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received a B.S. in agronomy from Colorado State University in 1939. In 1941 he received the M.S. degree in plant breeding from Kansas State University. His Ph.D. in mathematical statistics from Iowa State University was awarded in 1948. He held the position of Associate Geneticist while working on the Guayule Research Project, USDA, in Salinas, California. While completing his Ph.D. at Iowa State University, he was Associate Statistician in the Agricultural Marketing Service in Ames, Iowa. His next position was as Professor of Biological Statistics in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at Cornell University. He was also the Administrator of the Biometrics Unit in the Department of Plant Breeding. He was awarded the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Statistics Chair in 1978, which he held until retirement in 1986, since which he has had emeritus status. ¶ Dr. Federer was Secretary and Program Coordinator for the Eastern North American Region (ENAR) of the International Biometric Society from 1950 to 1953, President-Elect of ENAR in 1959 and President in 1960. He was Chairman and Executive Secretary of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (1965–1972), Book Reviews Editor (1964–1972) and Associate Editor for Biometrics (1972–1976), Associate Editor for Communications in Statistics (1972–1994) and Associate Editor for the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (1976–1990). He was a member of national, international, university and government panels and boards, and was a consultant for several international research stations. ¶ Dr. Federer is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1958), American Association for the Advancement of Science (1962), Royal Statistical Society (1964) and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1967), and was elected a Member of the International Statistical Institute (1974). He was awarded the Honor Alumnus Achievement Award (1972) and Honored Alumnus Award (2001) by ...