Word: asianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...opinion piece, "Quilts and the Moral Fabric," Oct. 17: Let's get to the point. AIDS-related sicknesses have taken the lives of more than 25 million people worldwide since its appearance in the early 1980s. Approximately 50 people--straight, gay, lesbian, transgender/sexual, poor, rich, white latina/o, black, Asian, Native American U.S. and foreign-born--will be injected or diagnosed with HIV today. AIDS is not to be belittled or mocked. It is a disease which touches many if not all of our lives; it takes many of our lives...
...Federal Election Commission to begin investigating the matter. Then they suspended John Huang, the maverick D.N.C. vice chairman who had not just drummed up Lee's contribution but made a Washington career out of raising small fortunes, $4 million to $5 million this year alone, from his network of Asian contacts. Two years ago, he made a smart landing at the Commerce Department, where, as a trade official, he cultivated a group of Asian businessmen. That put him in a perfect spot to solicit from them when he moved on to the D.N.C. In this job he was praised...
...reported that Vice President Al Gore attended an April luncheon and fund raiser at a Buddhist temple in Hacienda Heights, California, an event that offered the unusual (and highly improper) spectacle of a tax-exempt religious institution appearing to endorse a political party. After the lunch, a group of Asian businessmen reportedly donated $140,000 to the D.N.C. Several contributions were given in the names of monks and nuns, despite their vow of poverty. The setup was apparently designed to ensure that the foreign donors' names would not appear on D.N.C. lists. A woman named Man Ya Shih...
...their part, the Riady family may have been seeking what most Asian businessmen want when they give money to U.S. politicians--prestige at home. "The idea is to look good over there," says Stanford University economist Lawrence Lau. "You want to be able to tell people you are a big man in Washington. You have dinner with the President, and your picture is taken with him. People back home will then say, 'Ah, this guy is well connected.'" In Indonesia last week, as news of the controversy spread, the Riadys were variously reported by their secretaries as being...
...entered the Paradise Rock Club as the only person of any non-Caucasian ethnicity at all. Actually, I take that back--there was one other Asian guy in the place, but he had a notepad and kept complaining to his friend how he'd never heard of this band, and that he'd rather cover the Mode reunion. Half the crowd had the look of a Whitesnake-Nelson doublebill audience, and the other half wore the J. Crew + Birkenstocks attire that infested the HORDE festival. Everyone came with their girlfriend--women who all got together and conspired to resurrect...