"Contemporary Japan" teems with dates and data; it is useful for those in search of understanding but is not for the casual reader who wants a good yarn.

《当代日本》里时间准确数据丰富，它对那些寻求真相的读者很有帮助，但它并不是写给那些想要找一些奇闻轶事消遣的读者。

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But in the extreme overwork of the last few years, with everyone putting in longer hours and busier days, lunch dates, casual banter, friendly drop-ins slipped, if not disappeared entirely.

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He seemingly interviewed everyone who ever came into contact with DiMaggio -- from his childhood buddies in San Francisco, to his baseball teammates, to the beauty queens Joe took out on dates, to casual bystanders who once saw Joe in a restaurant -- and then molded their stories into a story rippling with energy and detail.

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