Word: ducking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...writing in response to Tehshik P. Yoon's article, "Long Duck Dong's Damage" (December 14, 1993). The author argued that the Harvard Foundation and Asian American Association have failed to empower Asian Americans through political activism and the establishment of an "agenda." Decrying the proliferance of positive stereotypes about the "Model Minority," he cited as an example of Harvard's supposed insensitivity to Asian needs the choice of Martin Yan as a speaker for Asian Cultural Month...
...still not accustomed to being recognized the way I am," he says. "It's nice, but I'm accustomed to not being noticed -- except by people who notice that I'm tall." Indeed, he has to duck to get under his own door. He is 6 ft. 9 in. You fear that if he fell down he would be out of town...
After a high-profile day of duck hunting in Maryland, President Clinton flew to Little Rock for a vacation that differed markedly from his celeb-studded retreat on Martha's Vineyard last summer. The President's average-guy holiday included bowling and sitting in on a University of Arkansas basketball game. Clinton then headed for Hilton Head, South Carolina, to spend New Year's at the annual Renaissance Weekend, a social and policy retreat for caring, sensitive power brokers...
...introduce a bill in February making it a crime for most people to be caught outside their home or business with a concealed weapon. Weicker says he intends for the law to lay the groundwork for an eventual ban on handguns in his state -- though as a lame-duck Governor he would be leaving the job of getting one as a tricky legacy to his successor. "I don't see any reason at all why anyone should have a handgun," he says...
...popularity is based partly on the fact that his idiosyncrasies strike a chord in his nation's gastronomic soul. Rare is the U.S. diet doctor who would recommend a white bean, duck and sausage stew, but Montignac declares that "cassoulet is the noblest of dishes." A dollop of creme fraiche in one's soup does no harm, he argues. No wonder such epicureans as fashion designer Christian Lacroix and chef Bernard Loiseau have embraced the Montignac method. "You are never hungry," says restaurateur Paul Bocuse, who has lost 40 lbs. a la Montignac...