Word: koreanness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...simply shows us Grady as a lonely and loveable guy, he produces some wonderful scenes, both hilarious and genuinely touching. In the novel's finest section, Grady visits his in-laws' Passover Seder in a fruitless attempt to win back his wife, Emily. Emily is one of three Korean orphans adopted by a suburban Jewish couple, Irv and Marie, and this improbable family becomes for Grady the warm, loving home he desperately needs...
Comedian BILL MAHER caused a lot of static at the Radio-Television Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington. Before a crowd that ranged from Bill and Hillary Clinton to Kato Kaelin, Maher drew boos when he joked about Senator Phil Gramm deporting his Korean-American wife and said D.C. mayor Marion Barry would get drugs off the city's streets "one gram at a time." Tough room...
...rally was endorsed by a broad-based coalition of students groups, including the Asian American Association (AAA), Black Students Association (BSA), College Democrats, Concilio, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Ethnic Studies Action Committee (ESAC), Fuerza, Korean Association for Culture and Community (KACC) and Raza...
According to Adon Hwang '98, it is a Korean custom that beds should not face North because that's the direction in which dead people are buried, "I guess you could call it a superstition," he says. "I wouldn't want to say that I'm superstitious, though. It's just one of those random things your parents ask you to do. I mean, you wouldn't call your mom superstitious, would...
...appointed head of the new World Trade Organization. The U.S. initially opposed Ruggiero's appointment, contending he was a European protectionist. But the Clinton Administration this week struck a deal with other WTO members to let Ruggiero have just one four-year term at the helm with former South Korean trade minister Kim Chul-su as his deputy. Ruggiero had his own explanation for being a one-termer: "I'm 65 and I feel very well, but I don't want to end my days working very hard...