Word: asianized
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Secretary of State Warren Christopher has formally recommended that President Clintonestablish full diplomatic ties with Vietnam. Clinton is expected to make a decision in time for Christopher's July trip to meet with the Association of South East Asian Nations in Brunei. If he receives the go-ahead, Christopher will make a diplomatic stop in Hanoi. Although many business leaders support full relations with Vietnam,relatives of soldiers missing in Vietnam oppose the moveas long as the MIA issue remains unresolved. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), aformer Vietnam War POWwho has long supported normalizing relations, says he will offer...
Moreover, students can still erode the diversity of their education significantly within existing Core areas. Consider the following set of courses: "Tiananmen Square," "Chinese family, marriage, and Kinship: A Century of Change," "Tradition and Transformation in East Asian Civilization: China," "The Emergence of Complex Society in Ancient China," "Ancient Chinese Art and Religion," "Cultural China and contemporary perspectives" and "Confucian Humanism: Self-Cultivation and Moral Community. "These courses together fill seven (of a possible ten) different Core areas, but no one could call the total a part of a broad education...
...first glance, Cambridge seems to have achieved it goal of diversity in government. The city work force is a quarter minority, slightly short of the 28.4 percent of the city that is Black, Hispanic or Asian-American...
...example, Cambridge's goal for minorityofficials, 13.1 percent, is based on nationallabor-market participation by minorities inexecutive, administrative and managerialpositions, derived from census data. That figureis still well below the 28.4 percent of the citythat is Black, Hispanic or Asian...
...areas in which there remain matters ofunderrepresentation including hiring persons ofHispanic and Asian descent, and in hiring in theofficials and administrators category, and in thedepartment head or policy-making level," Gardnersays...