Word: indonesians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jose Ramos-Horta, an exiled leader of the East Timor independence movement and 1996 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, urged the United States to help the people of East Timor in their struggle against Indonesian occupation before an audience of about 45 students and Faculty members at Boylston Hall yesterday evening...
...Just two years ago I was addressing Harvard in very different circumstances," he said. "[now-deposed Indonesian president] Suharto and the Asian Tiger myth made Indonesia appear invincible [at the time...
...economies. The foreign currency speculators. And of course on George Soros, a rich Western Jewish foreign currency speculator whom Mahathir calls a "criminal" and "a moron." Mahathir believes the IMF, far from wishing the current crop of East Asian leaders a speedy recovery from their current economic crises, engineered Indonesian president Suharto?s fall and would like very much to bring about his own. So it shouldn?t have come as too much of surprise when the defiant Dr. Mahathir threw the switch Tuesday on a plan that has the Western economic establishment covering its eyes in horror -- but also...
...obvious. El Nino, for example, is truly an aberration. It makes dry places wet, wet places dry, warm places cold and cold places warm. By contrast, La Nina appears to exaggerate conditions that are more or less normal. Thus, under La Nina's sway, the Indonesian archipelago, which is usually wet, should expect to receive substantially more rain than it got last year. But in the absence of La Nina, Indonesia would still receive a lot of rain. Similarly, Canada and Alaska, which tend to be cold in winter anyway, might well be colder under La Nina conditions. During...
...child's brain is better wired for learning new languages than an adult's, so why not give your youngster a head start? New KidSpeak software from Transparent Language offers lessons in 10 tongues for pupils ages 6 to 12 ($40). Clever animated characters like Budi (who teaches Indonesian) and Lin Lin (Mandarin Chinese) guide kids through vocabulary, counting and other games that we found are fun for grownups...