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...performance of Asian Americans also triggers resentment and tension. "Anti-Asian activity in the form of violence, vandalism, harassment and intimidation continues to occur across the nation," the U.S. Civil Rights Commission declared last year. The situation can be particularly rough in inner-city schools. Young immigrant Asians complain that they are called "Chink" or "Chop Suey" and are constantly threatened. At New York City's Washington Irving High School, for example, there were reports last year of some 40 incidents of harassment and violence against Asian-American students...
...Indian-born Batra, 44, who teaches at Southern Methodist University, begins his book by raising the specter of the Great Depression of the 1930s: "I believe a disaster of the same, if not greater, severity is already in the making. It will occur in 1990 and plague the world through at least 1996." He details parallels between the Roaring Twenties and the Soaring Eighties: feverish speculation, financial deregulation and a shaky banking system...
...same gene be involved in the normal run of colon cancers?" The researchers analyzed tumors removed from 45 patients with common colorectal cancer. Result: the section of chromosome 5 that contains the FAP gene was missing in more than 25% of the cases. The finding suggested that such cancers occur only after one protective gene is lost and the other is inactivated. Says Gastroenterologist Sidney Winawer, of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City: "This gives us a better idea of where to look for a genetic cause of colon cancer...
While ultimately the most attractive course to take, reducing our troop levels in Europe is not a quick fix. Withdrawals would have to occur gradually, in conjunction with careful negotiations with our allies, so they can replace our forces with their...
...cause to "fundamentally question" the newspaper's credibility? Most people wouldn't jump to the conclusion that the entire paper's staff was irresponsible and ineffective because of one isolated instance of poor reporting. Most would realize that in the daily operation of a large organization unfortunate accidents may occur. The two recent accidents involving Phillips Brooks House Association summer camps were such unfortunate accidents. However, the coverage of the accidents by The Crimson has been more unfortunate than either event...