Word: vinh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they can ill afford. Frequently they begin working before they become teenagers. "They're capitalists, almost to the person," notes Psychiatrist Coles. After school and on weekends, Le Giau's four children help out at the family's pastry shop. Hannah, 18, minds the cash register and serves customers. Vinh, 17, who has kept his name because it is easy to pronounce as "Vin," works the cleanup detail. Christina, 15, washes dishes, and Jennifer, 12, aids her mother Therese with the baking and cake decorating. "American children don't understand," says Hannah. "They don't know...
Immigrant parents, however insistent, are not always successful in excluding distracting American influences. Le Vinh's jet black hair is cut in a moderate punk style, and he sports fashionable, wide-shouldered jackets, to his father's distress. "He would have me in the preppie look," says Vinh with disdain. Retorts Le Giau: "When I went to school we wore uniforms." Imelda Ortiz finds herself in a tug-of-war with her mother over American teens' signature apparel: tight jeans. "My mom says I look like a Solid Gold dancer and makes me take them off," complains Imelda. "She looks...
...should trust me," says Imelda, "but a boy can't even come over to my house to talk to me. Not even outside on the steps. My mother says, 'It looks bad, no respect to the house.' " Many boys also find themselves on a short tether. Asked about dating, Vinh tosses two wallet-size photos of girls onto the table. A disapproving stare from his father and Vinh promptly jams them into his pocket. "He's the one I worry about," says Le Giau. "Girls call him a lot. I have to cut off the phone. He doesn't have...
Activist Ngo Vinh Long '68, a social historian on China and Vietnam, began the day by telling the crowd of about 150 that "you can conquer a country, but you can't keep it and break...
...just one drawn at random. The "Short Takes" section is unceasingly left-political--Rennie Davis converts to eastern religion, FBI informant unmasked, grape strike update, "Vietnam-American Friendship Week starts Monday," "Supporters of striking Shell Oil workers are demonstrating Monday." Names mentioned include Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Ngo Vinh Long, Gloria Emerson, Frances Fitzgerald, Ann Froines, Michael Ansara. The lead article was on a company that sold a how-to suicide package. The second story was by a reporter who was getting obscene phone calls. She talked to her harasser and changed his life. Lots of notes on gay politics...