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...starting from A to K were directed to board one U.S. C-9A Nightingale hospital plane; the rest were assigned to a sister aircraft. Now the rain stopped, stars became visible and some of the Marines broke into a sprint for the waiting planes. The winner of the race thrust his arms in the air and shouted: "God bless America...
...economy." He hopes to trim an additional $30 billion to $50 billion of nondefense expenditures. But despite such grand claims, the Carter budget will remain the centerpiece for discussions about 1982 spending. The Reagan Administration will be able to alter some parts of it, but the broad thrust of federal spending during the next fiscal year has been set and will remain...
This is the Super Bowl of the unsung. Of unsung Jim Plunkett, who arrived in Oakland with hardly a hope of getting into a game, then suddenly was thrust into a starting role and guided his Raiders to a wild-card playoff berth, past Houston, Cleveland and San Diego...
...nine months, newly arrived Vietnamese have been thrust into everyday American life from the moment of arrival. Families like the Trinhs (see box) are lodged, sent to school and employed, if possible, with surprising speed. Though the culture shock is incalculable, the boat people are determined to adapt. "Whatever job they get here usually means a substantial upgrading in their standard of living," points out International Rescue Committee Executive Director Charles Sternberg. One major problem for the boat people, however, is loneliness. Un like Korean and Chinese immigrants, the Vietnamese find no well-established communities of compatriots. Most...
Some are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them, and some have fathers like Hiao-tsiun Ma. A musical pedagogue who migrated from China to Paris in the '30s, Papa Ma started teaching Yo-Yo (Yo means friendship in Chinese) at the age of four, with a 1/16-size cello. Yo-Yo had to memorize two new measures for each daily lesson. "I had to play right," Yo-Yo recalls. "If I made a mistake, then I would have to play the passage right three consecutive times...