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They take it in stride. So do the other delegates, in their stunning diversity. In the hotel lobby a 7-ft. patriarch from Africa's Horn mingles with tiny, saffron-robed Cambodian monks and an indigenous tribesman who appears to be wearing an entire stuffed owl on his head. The gathering is not devoid of tensions, including a protest over the absence of the Dalai Lama, who was slighted to placate the Chinese at the U.N. The security staff is edgy. ("Make a mark! Any mark!" a guard, desperate for an I.D.-card signature, begs Don Andres.) But the general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strangers in a Land Of Strange Mountains | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...Gaspe, Que., was finished on Earth Day 45. McCain recently revisited the "__ Hilton" 46. The Panchen __ 47. Lilac is the first magazine by Israeli __ women 48. 63-Across's news agency 49. She's taken flak for not naming an independent counsel in the campaign-finance probe 52. Former Cambodian Premier Lon __ 53. Million __ March, scheduled for May 14 55. Like some vbs. 56. Mauna __ 57. Seemingly forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword May 15, 2000 | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

...Having already been to Foxwoods a handful of times, I know that I will lose $100 tonight, as I do every time I come here. Invariably though, other people do seem to win. The young Cambodian man sitting next to me at blackjack was, during the course of one hand, dealt the seven of clubs three times in a row, making him $5,000 richer, thanks to a $1 side bet. However, he tells us he's been dropping money into the casino every weekend for the past three years. He was probably...

Author: By Robert J. Coolbrith, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Reservation for One: One man, one hundred dollars and 15 hours at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

Many in the Asian-American community, including local groups like the Cambodian American League of Lowell, have expressed concern that Asian Americans are no longer considered a disadvantaged minority...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Report Criticized for Racial Groupings | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

...daughter of parents who fled Cambodia to escape the Khmer, I am disheartened to tell people where I am from and have them ask if Cambodia is in Africa. I know what the Cambodian people have suffered and what they will continue to suffer, in Cambodia and even here in the U.S. and wherever else Cambodian refugees have relocated. I hope people will read your article and will want to learn more about how Cambodia is still being pressured by the U.S. and other countries. Cambodia is one of the forgotten countries with a long, hard past and a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 6, 1999 | 9/6/1999 | See Source »

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