Word: descent
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Striving to overcome his limited English and express himself beyond his written speech, Bagaric, a Bosnian of Croat descent, stressed the importance of interethnic and international exchange among Bosnia's ethnic groups...
First launched at Brown in 1990, the original effort aimed at creating unity among Japanese students and students of Japanese descent. It included students from 13 universities...
...Others weren?t so enthusiastic. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a Chicago Democrat of Puerto Rican descent, voted no. And he pointed out the main problem the bill now faces: ?With the division evidenced here in the House, I don?t believe the Senate will find the time to take up this measure.? Not to mention the Puerto Ricans themselves; in a 1993 plebiscite, which was non-binding, only 46 percent of the islanders favored statehood...
...ought not displace the diversity in the group. While often it is easy to look at our peers and see a representation of a "model minority," Asian-Americans are far from a monolithic block. Filipino-Americans, the second largest Asian American population in the U.S. after those of Chinese descent, are under-represented at Harvard. Hmong-Americans, which constitute the fastest growing Asian-American group in the U.S., have a poverty rate of 64.5 percent--greater than any other racial or ethnic minority...
...under him previously. On his earlier watch, the company did indeed hum. He dumped unprofitable subsidiaries and added new specialty magazines. He took Digest public in 1990, and in three years revenues shot up, to $2.9 billion from $2 billion. But when he left in 1994, the company's descent had already begun...