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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...described as being Black, about5'5" tall, and of thin build, with short curlyblack hair and a light complexion...
...taken a long time to build up themomentum for victory," says Sen. Michael J.Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge), the bill's chiefsponsor in the Senate...
...What we have today is a lot of talk about ending corruption and nepotism," Wu continues. "Just like we've heard before. But unless we finally get serious about such things, we will never build our New China. We will watch Chinese on the outside rise in even white societies because of their industry and intellect. We will never catch...
...Give me a break," says the man. (My hip translator is a Berkeley graduate.) "Despite our tradition of filial piety, most of us treat our elderly relatives like crap when they are alive. Then, when they die, we feel guilty and build shrines to their memory and use valuable land to bury them. It's all nonsense. It's all hypocrisy -- as hypocritical as this wedding...
...that is being privatized, is already learning the marketing ways of the Marlboro man and the Virginia Slims woman. To attract younger customers, the company introduced a brand of cigarettes known as Dean, playing off the popularity of Hollywood legend James Dean. Since antismoking campaigns are only beginning to build in most Asian countries, the region's cigarette-marketing wars are likely to produce plenty of smoke and profits for several years to come...