10 things to learn from Japan*

*10 things to learn from Japan*

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1. THE CALM* *
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been
elevated.* *
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2. THE DIGNITY* *
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude
gesture.* *
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3. THE ABILITY* *
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.*
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4. THE GRACE* *
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get
something.* *
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5. THE ORDER* *
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just
understanding.**
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6. THE SACRIFICE* *
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they
ever be repaid?* *
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7. THE TENDERNESS* *
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for
the weak.* *
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8. THE TRAINING* *
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did
just that.* *
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9. THE MEDIA* *
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No sensationalizing.
Only calm reportage.* *
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10. THE CONSCIENCE* *
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves
and left quietly *

*This makes the nation grea