Word: shared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...members of the Westerinen family of Staten Island, N.Y., who trace their lineage to Hemings' youngest son, who moved to Ohio after being freed from slavery and started passing for white. Dorothy Westerinen, who has known all this for only a few months, says, "I'm very proud to share a black lineage." I'm so proud of her, I'm tempted to buy her an N.A.A.C.P. life membership...
...business run by the white grandson of my black grandfather's white daddy, when a mischievous impulse overcame me. I went in and asked to speak to the owner. When he appeared--a frail-looking older man--I bellowed, "Cousin!" and told him I had come for my share of the family business. The old boy nearly fainted...
...that Asia appears to be in fragile recovery, much of that criticism has turned to praise, and Summers has been receiving his share of the credit. Lim Chang Yuel, a former South Korean Deputy Prime Minister, has vivid memories of late 1997, when he and Summers often conferred until well after midnight seeking a solution to South Korea's economic woes. "I was surprised to see how energetic and hardworking he was. He was like a fireman putting out fires not only in Korea but throughout Asia...
...this, at heart, is how Yeltsin's tragedy has become Russia's. He is no longer a man of the people--certainly not in the political sense. His once broad-reaching vision, for a Russia where all people had a vote and a share in economic prosperity, has been replaced by a narrow and dangerous selfishness. Yeltsin had the political wiles to avoid being impeached this time, but whether he deserved to be impeached or not is still a question many Russians are unhappily discussing...
Your next Chrysler may not be a Mercedes, but chances are it will share some of the same blood. Early this year the two sides established an automotive-strategy group that is already coming up with new products. Plans for a Mercedes minivan have been canceled. Yet the group has commissioned at least one new minivan-like vehicle, to be built probably by Mercedes, and a Chrysler car that will be marketed in Europe against Volkswagen's successful Golf. Both products are being designed with input from both Stuttgart and Auburn Hills. Marketers Holden and Zetsche insist that brand identities...