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Flaherty came in second place with about a quarter, and City Councilor Sam Yoon, Boston’s first Asian-American elected official and the only Asian-American ever to run for public office in the City, finished third with approximately 20 percent of the vote. Real estate developer Kevin McCrea finished last...
...Lychee on her first visit to Asia, delivering her first major speech abroad at a high-profile conference of bankers and regional finance executives. A reported 1,100 delegates crammed into the ballroom to hear her champion "commonsense conservatism" and Reaganomics and offer commentary on Asian geopolitics. But if this luncheon keynote address was the former Alaska governor's first credential-burnishing step toward a 2012 presidential bid, it was made with the pesky media well at arm's length. All press were barred from the event, reportedly at the request of Palin's camp. Details of her remarks have...
...especially to economic concerns, many Asian-born students are choosing to attend universities in Asia rather than in the U.S. and other Western nations, according to an article published in the New York Times on Saturday. “The schools in Singapore are world-class, they’re close by, and they’re a lot cheaper,” said Harvard student Michelle B. Nguyen ’13, who was born in Vietnam and attended high school in Singapore. William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, dean of admissions and financial aid, noted the dramatic...
USAGE: "Stylistically, narcotecture is incoherent and dizzyingly busy. Residences are composed of clashing globe-spanning elements: Asian pagoda tiers and eaves curving to points, Greek temple columns, mirrored skyscraper glass, medieval-castle balustrades and parapets." -TrueSlant.com...
...Southeast Asian Immigrants, my family owes Kennedy a debt of gratitude. Because of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 that he helped pass, we were able to come to this country many years ago and build a new life. His countless good deeds on behalf of the common man will reverberate in our nation's soul. The best tribute his colleagues in Congress can bestow is the health-care-reform bill that was his life's cause and that he worked so hard for but, sadly, did not live to see enacted. Farewell to a true patriot. Cheers Echevarria...