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...lawyer Sun), pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign contributions. Even public service was seen as dangerous territory. Clinton appointee Hoyt Zia, chief counsel for the Bureau of Export Administration, faced conservative challenges to his loyalty as an American before he left the post. Says his sister Helen Zia, author of the new book Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People (Farrar Straus & Giroux): "Every Asian-American in Washington became a potential suspect...
...just brawn that attracts Rodriguez. "When I saw Jodie Foster in 'The Silence of the Lambs,' it blew my mind," she says. "Strong female characters -we need more of them. It's a shame you have to be a bitch to be respected. Jodie, Helen Hunt, and believe it or not Julia Roberts all maintain a conservative style but made it big without exploiting themselves." Post- "Girlfight," Rodriguez is also gaining more respect, starring in the Spike Lee- produced "3 A.M." with Danny Glover and Pam Grier, as well as the race-car drama "Redline" starring Vin Diesel...
...average SAG members earns only $5,000 a year In the nick of time, like the delivery boy in a Domino's Pizza spot, star quality arrived. Jay Leno donated $10,000 to a SAG strike fund, and soon Kevin Spacey, Harrison Ford, Nicolas Cage, George Clooney and Helen Hunt had ponied up amounts of from $10,000 to $200,000. Now that famous faces were attached to celebrities, the media woke up to the strike. So did some of the citizenry: a 16-year-old boy, who saw Richard Dreyfuss present the union view of the strike on Rosie...
...likely to be remembered as a fine President, victimized by our cultural obsession with celebrity scandal while being its ideal representative. He's the mirror of our times, the quintessential baby-boomer American--lofty ideals, a generous heart but no self-restraint. History could very well love him. HELEN STUTCHBURY San Diego...
TALK, TALK, TALK Forget about talk being cheap. Helen Fitzgerald, the author of The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends (Fireside), believes talk is golden for an adolescent who has suffered a loss. "Talk, talk, talk," Fitzgerald advises teens. "Talk it out of your system. Find people you can talk to about what has happened. Be together. Don't isolate yourself from the love and caring of family and friends." Fitzgerald writes from experience. Her first husband died suddenly, leaving her with four children, two of them teens. She went on to become a pioneer in setting...