Word: sided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most influential presences in American journalism, he was a vigorous practitioner of the policy we at Time Inc. call "church and state." By this we mean the traditional freedom of our writers and editors to describe the world as they see it, without interference from the business side...
Taxi Driver Marcus Barnard, on his way to visit his newborn son in the hospital, was shot through his windshield. He died instantly. A father and son emerged from a side road with two small girls. Ryan opened fire at the men, leaving the father dead in a puddle of blood. He emptied his gun into the car of a woman and her daughter, killing both. Abdul Khan, 84, was cut down in his garden, dying as his wife cradled his head. Francis Butler was killed while walking his dog. The savagery was as swift as it was deadly...
...this would appear to be another success story for the American dream, an example of the continuing immigrant urge to succeed and of the nation's ability to thrive on the dynamism of its new citizens. But there is also a troubling side to the story. Asian Americans consider the "model minority" image a misleading stereotype that masks individuality and conceals real problems. Many immigrant families, especially the Indochinese refugees who arrived in the years following the fall of Saigon in 1975, remain mired in poverty. Their war-scarred children, struggling with a new language and culture, often drop...
...hard to remember that until the 1960s ghettos from Harlem to the South Side of Chicago were beacons of hope for blacks fleeing from the rigid segregation of the Jim Crow South. Jobs -- dirty, low-paying, but regular -- were available in thriving urban industries to anyone with a mind to work and a back strong enough for heavy lifting. Although pernicious, segregation at least compelled a sense of community, with black professionals and businessmen living among those who were far less successful. "These figures served the black community well as visible, concrete symbols of success and moral value, as living...
...other side of the war, Iran is seeking ways of bypassing its / embattled terminal at Kharg Island. Despite the project's estimated cost of $2 billion, Tehran says it is building a 1.5 million-bbl. line from its oil fields in southern Iran to the port of Jask, outside the Strait of Hormuz. Iran also announced last week a tentative agreement with the Soviet Union to ship oil to the Black Sea through a converted gas pipeline that has not been in use since...