Word: inglis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Associationmeetings told me that I wasn't Chinese. But itwasn't until spring of senior year that I learnedan appropriate label for myself: Asian American. Ideclared East Asian Studies as my concentrationfreshman year, and was awakened to academics bythe late Professor Fletcher's course on power inthe Early Ch'ing Empire. Yet, only the opportunityto participate in a Dunster House seminar on AsianAmericans, finally offered this spring, allowed meto see myself. Approximately 40 students of Asiandescent crowded into a seminar meant for 10, readyto "discover the issues" together...
...public during my work at theMuseum of Science. "Well, even though I'm ofChinese heritage, I was born in America. In fact,my Chinese probably isn't too much better thanyours." What hasn't been explained to me iscrossing Mt. Auburn street to the strains fromtownies' cars of "Ch'ing ch'ong (sp.?) sianara(sp.?)" amplified and distorted by the Dopplereffect. More frightening was being accosted lateone night by very drunk and white Harvard men with"Hey China girl, let's see what's in yoursleeves." Ha, ha, ha, ha, HA. "What makes youthink you're any better than...
...started singing before she could talk, serenading her toes in a language of her own invention. As a toddler in Sacramento, she crooned to the dogs and cats. One day, while Bob noodled on the piano, Adele noticed that Molly was la-la-ing with bang-on pitch and phrasing. Soon she was on the stage of the California State Fair, her dad's band backing her, and belting out You Gotta See Momma Every Night or You Won't See Momma at All. The audience gave this three-year-old a standing O, and Bob told the crowd, "Someday...
Because so many of the acquisitions are taking place among the largest agencies, a top tier is developing of superheavyweights that are several times as large as most other companies in the industry. Rankings in Advertis- ing Age, a leading trade journal, show that the ten largest U.S. agencies controlled about $27 billion in advertising billings last year. That is nearly 17% of the $162 billion that was spent on ads around the world. The leader was New York City-based Young & Rubicam, with 1985 billings of $3.57 billion, followed by the Ogilvy Group ($3.3 billion), Ted Bates Worldwide...
...question is especially popular now: "When you're `confer-ing,' do you prefer the act or do you prefer cuddling...