Word: asianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...says that, while he never cast himself asan Asian American role model, he says heunderstands why a diverse staff attracts a diversecomp class...
...opinion that only black peoplecan write about black people, that only Asianpeople can write about Asian people," she says."But it takes a degree of having your eyes openedand your opinions challenged to be a good writerand to be thoughtful about many kinds ofexperiences...
...Resistance on the Hill has jeopardized the proposed $20 billion U.S. contribution to the IMF Asian bailout. Big Labor Democrats and traditional Republicans such as Newt Gingrich are on board, says Carney. "But there's a deepening nativist strain in the GOP, best characterized by someone like Pat Buchanan. They don't like explaining at home why the U.S. is spending billions to bail out some South Korean bank halfway around the world...
...Never mind that the IMF functions as a U.S.-driven-body that tends to open up foreign markets to U.S. companies. Here's an easy-to-understand reason to support it: The bailout would prop up Mom-and-Pop mutual funds which stand to lose millions in an Asian collapse...
...Suharto had seemed oblivious to the crisis when he went on television to announce a budget woven of pure fantasy, thereby setting off panic. The job of leaning on Indonesia now falls to Deputy Treasury Secretary LARRY SUMMERS and Defense Secretary WILLIAM COHEN, who both visit Jakarta and other Asian capitals this week, along with a senior IMF delegation. If Suharto falls into line, the IMF could accelerate the release of $3 billion in additional funds. And if he doesn't? The market slide seems sure to continue, and rumors of a military coup, already rife in Jakarta, could move...