Word: matters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sending an escort for Fang, or even holding a separate but highly visible meeting with dissidents. On his departure for Seoul, Bush expressed to Vice Premier Wu Xueqian his regret that Fang had been barred from the banquet and instructed Ambassador Winston Lord to follow up on the matter with the Foreign Ministry. The Chinese announced that they "resented" the U.S. decision to invite Fang to the dinner without consulting them. When an Administration official replied that the U.S. was under no obligation to do so, Beijing termed the remark "irresponsible...
...tolerated. But when their numbers exceed a so-called tipping point, many whites go on the defensive. A generation ago, the color bar was rigid and well defined: no blacks allowed. Now it has become a shifting barrier that can suddenly materialize, curtly reminding blacks that no matter how successful they may be, they remain in some ways second-class citizens. As black psychiatrist James P. Comer wrote in his family memoir, Maggie's American Dream, "Being black in America is often like playing your home games on the opponent's court...
...seen white residents close the elevator door in his face when he tried to board. Evidently they took the well-dressed 38-year-old Grayson, one of the highest- ranking officials in New York, for a mugger. "It makes me sizzle," he says, "because it means that no matter what I accomplish as an individual, I will always be judged by what people see first, my color...
Zivkovic, a former Olympian fencer from Yugoslavia, said that the sport is not very well-known in the United States because of the lack of teachers. As a matter of fact, Zivkovic's six predecessors who have coached the Harvard team in this century have been from France or Yugoslavia...
...easier to teach concentrators. You do not have to worry about the motivational aspect. You do not have to explain the subject matter...