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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sihung Lung) and Mrs. Gao (Ah-leh Gua) -- urgently want a grandchild. How do you arrange a marriage if your son is gay? Not so hard, if he doesn't tell you. Easier still, if he arranges it himself, after Simon suggests that Wai-tung wed Wei-wei (May Chin), a pretty artist who's behind in her rent. Wei-wei doesn't mind: "It's my fate. I always fall for handsome gay men." Then -- oops! -- the parents arrive in New York, expecting a bedroom in Wai-tung's home, a big banquet and an immediate heir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All in The Families | 9/13/1993 | See Source »

Singer, called by the defense, turned into a booby trap under cross- examination. She saw King hit on the head six times and broke into tears remembering it: "There was blood dripping literally from his mouth, and there was a pool of blood beneath his chin." She described officers on the scene as "standing around" and "joking." She also faulted the claim that King was dangerous because he was apparently high on the drug PCP, saying he showed none of the signs, such as profuse sweating and a trancelike stare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Justice in the Dock | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...late friend of mine, Richard Brautigan, who was a novelist, was becoming acquainted with Japanese culture. A few years before he died he told me he was going to Tokyo, so I feel that I should continue that journey. Also, a Chinese-American scholar, a friend of mine, Frank, Chin, pointed out the parallels between Chinese fairy tales and African-American folklore, and also I'm finding some Japanese folklore and fairytales about strategies and tactics for everyday life. So those were the seeds for Japanese by Spring. Also, I needed to get a new readership...

Author: By Tracy K. Smith, | Title: A Talk With 'A Real Pro' | 3/4/1993 | See Source »

...fact the 486SX, as it is commonly called and the more powerful 486DY chin used in high-end notebooks and desktop systems are selling so quickly that Intel has reportedly had trouble meeting the high demand, especially in Europe...

Author: By Haibin Hu, | Title: P.C. CORNER | 3/2/1993 | See Source »

...claimed he has had only minimal plastic surgery, referring viewers to his 1988 biography Moonwalk, in which he admitted to having had his nose removed -- sorry, remodeled -- and a chin cleft made. And he denied he bleached his skin to its current Kabuki whiteness as a renunciation of his ethnic roots: "I am proud to be a black American." He said (and his dermatologist has confirmed) he suffers from a "disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin . . . It's in my family. . . . Using makeup evens it out, 'cause it makes blotches on the skin." The disease, vitiligo, is "more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peter Pan Speaks | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

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