Word: asianness
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...Some modest success followed in the form of a few victories, mainly on the Asian tour. But intriguingly, last weekend's USPGA wasn't the first time Yang had beaten Woods: he had done the same at the 2006 HSBC Open in Shanghai. Yang's father believes that was the critical stepping stone to the victory on Sunday. "He beat Tiger once. He knew he could beat Tiger again," Han-joon tells TIME. "But more importantly, he thought he had nothing to lose in a match against the world-famous Woods." (Watch a video of Tiger Woods playing Wii Golf...
...Asian-born players have come close to tasting glory in the majors before: Taiwan's Liang-Huan Lu finished one shot behind Lee Trevino at the 1971 British Open, and his fellow countryman T.C. Chen's infamous two-chip gaffe cost him dearly at the 1985 U.S. Open. And credit must clearly also be given - as Yang did on Sunday - to South Korean female golfer Se Ri Pak, who has won two majors...
...through Newark Liberty International Airport Aug. 15 when immigration officials removed him from line and questioned him for more than an hour. Khan (along with much of India) reacted angrily to the perceived slight, which he called "absolutely uncalled for." Many are accusing U.S. officials of profiling the South Asian heartthrob because of his race and his name, but authorities insist his examination was a routine security measure (they also say the questioning would have happened faster if his luggage hadn't gotten lost...
...Shah Rukh Khan is the pride of India. I am quite surprised that he was detained in the Newark airport." - Overseas Indian Affairs Minster Vayalar Ravi (Indo-Asian News Service...
...Still, for the country it was a tumultuous time. The Asian financial crisis had devastated what had once been one of East Asia's fastest-growing economies. Kim privatized state-owned companies and jump-started South Korea's IT sector. After getting $60 billion in loans from the IMF in 1997, South Korea became the first East Asian country to, in effect, graduate from its oversight, paying its IMF loans back faster than any other East Asian country, in 2001. (See lessons from Asia's financial crisis...