Word: yew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Viet Nam's expansionist impulse, which has earned Hanoi distrust and fear throughout the region for centuries. China, which continues to arm the Khmer Rouge, is not alone in refusing to allow Viet Nam to win through political means what it failed to achieve militarily. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore says that Hun Sen must legitimize his rule in a free election. "Any other way of leaving Hun Sen in charge," says Lee, "would mean that aggression does...
...islands"). But the very unity of this collection produces a sameness. The reader begins to wonder, Doesn't Minot know anyone who is married, or older than thirtysomething? Doesn't she ever look beyond these modish urban lofts and restaurants? Henry Kissinger once remarked of Singaporean statesman Lee Kuan Yew that he needed a larger country for his talents. Minot, a writer to watch, needs a larger subject...
...Director Manson Yew '90 said castingminority actors in plays with traditionally whiteroles is not a problem...
...think that's what keeps minoritiesaway," Yew said. "Minorities tend to beethnocentric, so they keep themselves fromopportunities in drama...
...Honorable Lee Kuan Yew...