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...notes that of the six Asian-Americans inCongress, none portray themselves as ethnicpoliticians, like some Black politicians havedone...

Author: By Michael M. Luo, | Title: Breaking Asian-Americans the Mold | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

...some dreams of killing her." Shipp also said that initially he'd withheld this information from lawyers on both sides, but later called prosecutors because "ever since I had that conversation, it was just eating me up." During cross-examination, defense attorney Carl Douglas repeatedly tried to portray Shipp, an aspiring actor, as a publicity hound trying to boost his acting career under the trial's media spotlight. But Shipp, in an intensely charged moment, said: "I'm doing this for my conscience and my peace of mind. I will not have the blood of Nicole on Ron Shipp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: O.J. . . . I DREAM OF MURDER | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

...then, we all already knew that the fuzzy creatures that prowl up and down Sesame Street really just represent the gross extremities of liberalism. All that emphasis on cooperation, tolerance and sharing is just a ploy to lure toddlers into embracing Communism. The producers once even dared to portray an interracial couple, Gordon and Maria, who spend their days talking to all sorts of funny-looking monsters. No wonder the American family has disintegrated...

Author: By Hallie Z. Levine, | Title: Don't Bully Big Bird | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

During a speech in New York City, she dismissed as "unbelievable and absurd" a Republican welfare-reform proposal that calls for sending poor ! children to orphanages if their mothers, after a limited stay on welfare, cannot support them. Whitewater questions did not faze her. The First Lady continued to portray her family as victims of an affair she described as a "sideshow." Later in the week, however, her friend Webster Hubbell, who quit last March as Associate Attorney General, tentatively agreed to plead guilty to charges brought by the Whitewater special prosecutor that he had committed mail fraud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Once and Future Hillary | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

...police captain Margaret York, who happens to be married to Lance Ito, the judge presiding over the O.J. Simpson murder trial, said she does not remember any disagreements with detective Mark Fuhrman. Simpson defense lawyers are hoping to portray Fuhrman, who discovered important evidence against Simpson, as a racist and a woman hater; the attorneys were also hoping to catch Judge Ito in a conflict of interest because of his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week November 20-26 | 12/5/1994 | See Source »

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