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...rule, Asians in America have reflected extremely well, especially those who have drawn from the wellsprings of the older civilizations of India, China, Japan and Korea. Though they make up just 2.9% of the country's population, Asians have produced outstanding success stories: cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Midori; writers Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club) and Maxine Hong Kingston (China Men); Sonny Mehta, editor of the distinguished Knopf book- publishing house; and filmmaker Wayne Wang (Dim Sum). Consider also: Chang- Lin Tien, the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley; Paul Terasaki, a UCLA professor of surgery...
Since the fall of Communism, Russia has bounced like a yo-yo between equally unsavory dangers: civil war and dictatorship...
...Yo La Tengo Double Dare...
...President, to allow people of "genius and learning to cultivate the arts and sciences in the new nation." Considered one of the most prestigious scholarly institutions, its membership is heavily academic. Along with Hughes, only 15 people in the fine-arts fields were elected this year -- among them cellist Yo Yo Ma, choreographer Jerome Robbins and sculptor Richard Serra...
...sure, there is a populist instinct at the heart of the system since ballgoers and buyers of Inaugural umbrellas and yo-yos will foot part of the bill. Besides, says Harry Thomason, co-chairman of the Inaugural Committee, "it's sort of a Catch-22. These days people say you shouldn't spend millions and millions on the Inaugural events. But only if you spend millions and millions can the events be accessible to as many people as possible." Still, the spectacle of the Clydesdale horse team and Budweiser beer wagon parading past the White House seems at odds with...