The Japanese have become so smitten with the Western condiment - its texture as silky as a kimono, … - Tom Robbins

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The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity.

Tom Robbins

The Japanese have become so smitten with the Western condiment - its texture as silky as a kimono, its tang as understated as the tang of Zen - that today they have a word for mayonnaise junkie: mayora.

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