Word: asian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...process, not an ideology but a hope about the nature of man. Hence it cannot be applied from a handbook or manifesto to different peoples. It must work for the free-swinging Latin who instinctively distrusts authority and, at the other end of the emotional scale, for the passive Asian who instinctively obeys authority-or ignores...
Finishing under the shadow of the spectacular new Prudential Center, whose time broke the old course record by two minutes, led a team of Young Japanese to five of the first six places. Only Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium, the defending champion, managed to sandwich himself amongst the Asian horde. He finished fourth, losing his chance to win his third straight Marathon...
...Somehow, the point of your essay on Asian hate and discrimination completely escapes me. Despite feeble disclaimers, it smacks of the smug American, caught again in embarrassing racial strife, chortling defensively: "Ah ha! You see, those sanctimonious Asians are just as ugly, prejudiced and hateful as we Americans are!" One wonders whether the American Negro of Selma, Ala., would fully agree with your sweeping judgment that "America's problems are subject to a system of social and legal redress." At best it has been a spotty "system," hundreds of years in coming. There is little pride, and small comfort...
African and Asian countries will be increasing their purchases in Europe this year--paying for them with dollars. These underdeveloped countries hold most of their reserves in dollars and pounds. When the prices of their primary commodities rise, they build up reserves; and when prices decline, they use their dollars to pay for goods and services in Europe. Through the last two quarters of 1964 and the beginning of 1965, commodity prices have trended downward...
...land my own homeland wherein we are treated worse than cats and dogs, wherein we cannot get water to drink?" Yet gradually, very gradually, Untouchables have begun to speak of India as their nation. And so it must be for all the other "untouchables" of Asia, if the great Asian peoples are to acquire a real sense of loyalty to nation and eventually to the ideal of order...