Word: asking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Immigration restrictions "reflected the founding father's view of America as a homogeneous society," Takaki said. Many Americans continue to assume that all Asians are recent citizens of the U.S., he said. "Students and faculty still ask you "How long have you been in the country?" he said...
Vellucci also said he wanted to establish a committee to examine "who snatched up all the houses, who did a lot of grabbing" after World War II. He said he would call the group the "Pointing the Finger" Commission, prompting Danehy to ask, "Which finger...
This winter's AWARE week is being completely funded by the College, Bryam said. She added that the committee will ask for additional financial support from the houses that host the workshops...
...dead. Larry Gelbart's fiercely funny Broadway satire lampoons events that made the evening news the sharpest comedy on TV. Joseph Daly is a dead-on George Bush, and the dialogue is an S.J. Perelmanesque stream -- debased, obfuscatory and unconsciously self- condemning. Samples: "I wonder if I might ask the Senator to stop raking over dead horses"; "What did the President know, and does he have any idea that he knew it?" The lesson of recent scandals is both less and more alarming. If the bums are not thrown out, it is because an overly forgiving, or morally inert, American...
...ask: What are you reading these days? "Wuthering Heights," he replies. Ah, yes. Hollywood made a movie from that one 50 years ago, and made a star of the actor who played Heathcliff. Larry something. What ever happened...