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Word: oishi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...might be called "the Fat Jap Syndrome," in honor of Spiro Agnew's jocular question aboard a campaign plane in 1968, when he observed Baltimore Sun Reporter Gene Oishi asleep in his seat and inquired, "What's the matter with the fat Jap?" What was intended as bluff bonhomie immediately appeared to be racial callousness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Fat Jap Trap | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

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