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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the Judge, played by Hu Alaric Toy in David Hwang's Tony Award winning play M. Butterfly, asks Song Liling how he managed for 20 years to trick his lover Rene into thinking he was a woman, the Chinese actor, singer and spy replies, "One, because when he finally...

Author: By Anne E. Wyman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Butterfly Morphs Again | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

From the day he first handled one in college in 1948, Robert Noyce knew the new gadget meant the end of balky, bulky vacuum tubes. But he also realized you couldn't do much with transistors until you could link them together, like fibers in an Oriental rug. To everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Noyce: Microchip | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

First things first. Antonio tackles the common room of the River House where he works, clearing the Oriental carpet of last night's refuse: the usual mlange of diet cola cans, half-eaten pizza crusts and crumpled credit card solicitations.

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: The Active Voice: Living with a Harvard Wage | 3/12/1999 | See Source »

In the heart of that temple of knowledge lies the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Room: paradise for yours truly. The walls are made of books--leather bound, glass-encased and reaching to the ceiling. And a giant portrait of the almost-tragic millionaire watches over the Oriental rug and the...

Author: By James Y. Stern, | Title: FROZEN OUT OF WIDENER | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

Upon his return, Sen found a wife and opened a laundry in Waltham. According to Paul, "Back then, if you were Chinese, it was either laundries or restaurants." In 1954, Sen and his wife, Buoy, grew tired of the difficult lifestyle that the laundry demanded and decided to pursue their...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: THE HONG KONG AN ORAL HISTORY | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

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