Word: jealous
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...jealous sniping angers many who suffered years of discrimination because of their mixed blood. Eurasian heritage once spoke not of a proud melding of two cultures but of a shameful confluence of colonizer and colonized, of marauding Western man and subjugated Eastern woman. Such was the case particularly in countries like the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, where American G.I.s left thousands of unwelcome offspring. In Vietnam, these children were dubbed bui doi, or the dust of life. "Being a bui doi means you are the child of a Vietnamese bar girl and an American soldier," says Henry Phan, an Amerasian...
...Just what does this tussle contribute to the sum of the violence? At the start of last week, Hezbollah attacked an Israeli position on the border with Lebanon, killing an Israeli soldier. That attack prompted a jealous Hamas to step up its mortar offensive along the Israel border, firing for the first time on a town inside Israel. Desperate to demonstrate that it can still do more than put on a defiant show at the funerals of its "martyrs," Hamas fired a series of 82-mm mortars on the Israeli town of Sderot. "We have to prove ourselves," the Hamas...
...most talented musicians, In the (K)now’s most loyal reader, and, as In the (K)now It Girl Alejandra Casillas ’01 eloquently puts it, “hotter than Texas in August.” Who wouldn’t be jealous of Johnnie...
...protests and left peacefully when they received none. Gia Lai's Governor Ha, one of the few who acknowledges that transmigration has caused tensions, says the government has compensated the minorities by giving them free education and health care. "Just as in a family, the children may be jealous of each other," Ha says. "It's our job as 'parents' to make peace between them...
...exhausting. You wrestle with a strange and unwieldy configuration of emotions, familiar, I'm sure, to Yankees fans. Pride swirls into protectiveness, which can easily evolve into unflattering defensiveness. I can rationalize away a part of the antipathy, reminding myself that fans of less successful teams are understandably jealous of Duke's spectacular record, sterling reputation, legendary coach. It's hard, though, to completely shake the incredulous anger that rises in my throat when someone dares deprecate my team...