Word: nesses
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...Asian descent, there are sharper reminders that we are not yet considered part of the American context, that our presence is unidiomatic, all too easily aped, too often perceived as too alien to be appreciated as anything other than caricature. When the focus is on the "un-American-ness" of public figures, yellowface can generate the quick laugh. It was the route chosen by the National Review in 1997 when it lampooned the Clintons and Al Gore on its cover during the campaign-finance "Asian money" scandals. The Wen Ho Lee case reminds Chinese Americans in particular of the extraterritoriality...
...mentioning if Republicans weren't striving to be the Good Guy Party. The Bush campaign is premised almost exclusively on the strength of Bush's personality and the perceived weakness of Gore's and the character-free behavior of You-Know-Who. Now Gore has seen the Republicans' Barney-ness and raised them...
...didn't know enough. We didn't realize that we had the power to protest," Davies says. "We were just very happy to be there.... We had a sense of security and protected-ness...
...says was a largely colorblind atmosphere, is philosophical about her chances in Hollywood. "I am both Zimbabwean and English. I'm from nowhere," she says. "Because of my parents, however, I realized that it was a strength, not a weakness. You're a bridge; you legitimize mixed race-ness. Is it right? Natural? Beautiful? Yes. Race problems are just made up. Even the term is bulls___." She starts talking about the lessons in life she learned from studying social anthropology at Cambridge, then stops herself and laughs. "It's hard to talk about it without sounding like a boffin...
...share data. Imagine the timesaving advantages in this technologically fragmented world if you're able to beam a number from your Pocket PC to your Windows cell phone, or use the synchronicity between your satellite dish and your X-box to play games over a broadband network. "Their Windows-ness could turn out to be a benefit," says Mundie. In other words, if Gates has his way, Microsofties won't just be crashing this party in a few years, they'll be the hosts...