In the 1950s it went into a Sputnik-driven spin about Soviet power; in the 1970s there was Watergate, Vietnam and the oil shocks; in the late 1980s Japan seemed to be buying up America.

• 20世纪50年代陷入了与苏联有关的，由人造卫星驱动的漩涡之中；在70年代发生了水门事件，越战和石油冲击；在80年代末，日本似乎可以将美国收购。