Word: tien
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...children," as the Suharto offspring are known, were key participants in the family treasure hunt. Sigit, the eldest son, was apparently pushed into business by his mother, Madam Tien, whose own behind-the-scenes dealings in the 1970s earned her the nickname "Madam Tien Percent." Two sources who worked on Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport project say that by the time its two terminals were finished in 1984, $78.2 million had been handed to Sigit in markups that appeared as cost overruns. Second son Bambang was given a slice of the lucrative business of importing and distributing basic commodities...
...Computer did, and thanks to the makers of Macintosh, Mac users do not have to worry about the Y2K bug in the operating system. Just imagine manpower expenses for those who did not rock the boat--whole nations could be given a free computer for every citizen. WOLFGANG SCHUBERT Tien Mou, Taiwan
...liked how he presented both his work and personal background," said Tien-Tien T. Chen, a sophomore at Brown University...
...having more luck than his boss. President Clinton worked the telephones over the weekend in a bid to drum up some much-needed international support for a possible strike. But neither Australia nor the Netherlands would provide it; as for Canada, White House aides said, Jean Chrétien might soon indicate "an interest in supporting or participating." All in all, it's hardly a Gulf War-style coalition being built here. Meanwhile, Boris Yeltsin continues to rail against the United States' "unrealistic and dangerous" attempt to establish "world hegemony." And congressional leaders continue their own rhetorical journey into jingoism...
...recent years, the Foundation has brought such notable speakers as former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros-Boutros Ghali, poet and author Maya Angelou, author Graham Greene and ChangLin Tien, former chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley...