When I suggest to Mr. Kalanick that Uber, in the fine startup tradition, was using the "don't ask for permission, beg for forgiveness" approach, he interrupts the question halfway through.

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Like the rice from which it is made, the yellowish liquor is a token of all that is considered fine about Japanese tradition.

ECONOMIST: Mumeo Oku