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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dynamic effect is most obvious in Hata's ties to his long-dead comfort woman and his troublesome daughter. Both are objects of his care and devotion. Both cause him plenty of discomfort. How Hata handles his past and the constant tension between social acceptance and his chronic sense of not belonging finally have little to do with his origins. Chang-rae Lee, whose first novel, 1995's Native Speaker, announced the arrival of a new talent, makes sure of Hata's humanity by giving him an inner life independent of ethnicity and suburban status. But the contrast between Hata...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Absence of Comfort | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

McCluskey agreed, saying that there has not been any tension between the University and the tenants for quite a long time...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Sells Boston Housing To Tenant Group | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...acnowledge the fact that there was some degree of tension in this process in the mid-70s is valid," he said. "The overwhelming focus .... should be about the cooperative relationship between Harvard and the tenants...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Sells Boston Housing To Tenant Group | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...latest crime statistics released by the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) would give any other departments reason to brag. They're so low, in fact, that they could even help resolve tension between officers and the police commissioner, and low morale in the department...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three Reasons for the Funk at the CPD | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

Thanks in large part to negative press and a difficult summer, morale is low and tension high...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three Reasons for the Funk at the CPD | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

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