Word: asianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Twenty groups presented traditional dances, ethnic music and other performances ranging from a lion dance by the Asian American Dance Troupe to a spirited choral performance by the Kuumba singers...
...WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--Many of the University's Asian students face a serious problem: Their funds for school are drying up. Because of the collapse of several Asian currencies, the dollar value of money sent to students by their families has declined. If American students faced a similar problem, they could simply find work or a second job to make up the difference. But current federal immigration laws prevent foreign students from holding most jobs, and almost 500,000 students nationwide are affected. These students are in crisis; many might be forced to leave their studies and return home...
...students help themselves. Rep. Mike Jaros, DFL-Duluth, chairman of the House International Affairs Committee, is calling on the federal government to temporarily lift the work ban, which is the real problem. The federal restrictions are designed to ensure that foreign students are really here to study. But for Asian students, the point is moot. Without work, many won't be able to study...
Nearly 40 percent are minorities. African Americans comprise 23.3 percent of the district, Americans of Hispanic descent 10.6 percent and Asian Americans almost 6 percent...
...TIME correspondent Bruce Van Voorst believes December?s 9-year-record trade deficit is a sign of things to come, plummeting Asian currencies send a tsunami of cheap imports towards America, while Japan's failure to stimulate its domestic demand and absorb some of Asia's exports exacerbates the crisis. "If the trend reflected in the December U.S. trade deficit continues - and there's every reason to believe it will - the Asian crisis could knock 1 percent off our GDP and wipe out 1 million American jobs," says Van Voorst.