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...recent immigrants to America, students learn many of Chinatown's most pressing political concerns "I've picked up a few things," says Yee. "This hasn't made me more politically active, but it has made me more politically aware." Part of the awareness is supplied by ESL coordinator Li Min herself a Chinatown resident Min's conversational references to her own experiences and those of her neighbors convey a wealth of information on the history and current position of Asians living in Chinatown across America...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: Learning While Teaching | 11/4/1982 | See Source »

...glory in a World Series, but seldom so little guile. Both teams seemed to enjoy themselves hugely and, except for the quiet man, Cardinal Rightfielder George Hendrick, said so. The series was unclassic but fun, distinguished for more than a bunch of infield hits and a 2-hr. 15-min. rain delay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Joy Is Back in Budville | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

Democrats sought, and received from CBS and NBC, free time to reply to Reagan's speech. The choice fell on Michigan Senator Donald Riegle, who is little known nationally. In a hastily prepared 7-min. talk following Reagan's 23-min. address, Riegle derided the President's plea that the nation "stay on course." Asked Riegle: "If you live from paycheck to paycheck, do you feel more secure about your job? If you own a small business, are you feeling more secure? What kind of course is this?" However, like other Democratic spokesmen in recent months, Riegle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing the Jobs Issue | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

...blood type, became available. Rise's right lung was infected with pneumonia, but the left was healthy enough to be transferred. It was artificially inflated, drained of blood and filled instead with a cold fluid that kept it at a temperature close to freezing during the 93-min. interval between excision and implantation. The entire procedure took six hours and involved five surgeons, three anesthesiologists, two pulmonary specialists and 15 nurses and technicians. At week's end Wilson, though still in critical condition, was awake, responsive and watching television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Life-Saving Lung | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

Then Lynne puts her new cast through its first complete run-through of the 13-min. Jellicle Ball number. Says Ken Page: "You could see the exhaustion during that number, their faces down to their knees, but they kept going. When they were finished there was a tremendous sense of exhilaration. It was one of those collective moments when you realize that the show is going to be terrific, that the audience is going to scream." Says Nunn: "It was like Sebastian Coe going for the world record. At the end we all had tears in our eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Making the Cats Meow | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

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