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...Fong] will be the first person of Asian descent to sit in the upper house of Congress. A handsome, graying man, he is an independent Republican and a self-made millionaire whose immigrant father came from Kwangtung province to work in the Oahu cane fields for $12 a month. The seventh of eleven children, Fong decided as a small boy to lift himself out of poverty, worked his way through high school by selling newspapers, shining shoes and caddying ... The University of Hawaii was tough, but Hiram Fong got through in three years with honors, with a bewildering collection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...Held every year on Nov. 5, Bonfire Night nominally commemorates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605-an attempt by English Catholics to blow up the upper house of Parliament and launch a Catholic uprising against the Protestant rule of King James I. These days however, it's simply an excuse for a boisterous get-together by pyromaniacs of every stripe. From midafternoon, Lewes' train station, pubs and narrow streets are mobbed with tens of thousands of visitors from all over England. The noisy, incandescent spectacle begins at sunset. Remember to dress warmly: there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Curtain Raiser | 9/26/2004 | See Source »

...defense thinks it might be upper class, and they want to get away from that,” she says...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: With a Harvard Student as the Defendant, the Case Could Swing Either Way | 9/24/2004 | See Source »

...Michael got out of the car and he began fighting,” Abreu told the court. “He didn’t take his time getting out of the car. Punches were going everywhere. [Pring-Wilson] was hitting him around his stomach and his upper body...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts and Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pring-Wilson Trial Begins | 9/21/2004 | See Source »

...Fong] will be the first person of Asian descent to sit in the upper house of Congress. A handsome, graying man, he is an independent Republican and a self-made millionaire whose immigrant father came from Kwangtung province to work in the Oahu cane fields for $12 a month. The seventh of eleven children, Fong decided as a small boy to lift himself out of poverty, worked his way through high school by selling newspapers, shining shoes and caddying ... The University of Hawaii was tough, but Hiram Fong got through in three years with honors, with a bewildering collection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

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