Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best-of-seven playoff series between the Knicks and the MIAMI HEAT turned into a sport that closely resembled professional wrestling. The b-ball brawlers were an unlikely duo: the Knicks' Bible-toting Charlie Ward and the Heat's P.J. Brown, winner of the league's citizenship award. Near the end of the game, Ward backed into Brown, almost upending him. Brown then hooked an arm around Ward's waist, flipped him as if he were a cheerleader and threw him to the floor. Knicks Patrick Ewing, Allan Houston, Larry Johnson and John Starks left their bench, a lesser N.B.A...
...calls the shots there is Ambrous Tung Young, a low-profile tycoon who, friends say, grew up in Taiwan, acquired U.S. citizenship, then renounced it. Exactly when he gave up his U.S. passport is unclear but relevant: foreign nationals are not allowed to participate in decisions by their U.S. subsidiaries about campaign contributions...
...across the region in the 1960s and '70s, sleeping in bus stations and bathing in airport rest rooms to save money. He rose to a position of power in the G.O.P. organization Republicans Abroad, and served as regional coordinator for George Bush in 1988 before giving up his U.S. citizenship...
...Star Market and other supermarkets nationally, to highlight the lack of clean drinking water, health insurance and basic sanitation in the agricultural camps. Many of the strawberry workers are Mexican migrants legally working within the United States. These workers deserve basic humane treatment, regardless of their occupation, nationality or citizenship status...
...been silent ever since. The group's web site, where updates on the situation and calls for reinforcements from other citizens of the Republic of Texas had been posted, was taken down Wednesday afternoon. Apparently responding to McLaren's call, seven heavily armed men carrying Republic of Texas citizenship cards were arrested Wednesday at a truck stop 70 miles from his Davis Mountain hideout. Charged with possession of marijuana, the men were also carrying five semi-automatic rifles, a shotgun, a .45-caliber pistol and several hunting knives. Local officials fear that more secessionists...