Word: asianization
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...surge in piracy is worrisome to counterterrorism experts, who fear that terrorist groups might be tempted to collude with pirates--whose motivations are more mercenary than ideological--to strike maritime targets. In Southeast Asia, where bandits regularly attack ships passing through the Malacca Straits and the South China Sea, Asian security officials fear that a terrorist cell could hire a gang of pirates to help attack an oil tanker or a container ship. Singapore's former Deputy Prime Minister and national security czar Tony Tan said late last year that "the increased frequency of piracy attacks [and] the changing pattern...
BRINGING BAMBOO HOME Fast-growing, sustainable bamboo is the material of the moment in the home-furnishings market. Crate & Barrel introduced its Bento line of bamboo furniture with a slightly Asian feel, left, this month...
...brother on a moped to make sales calls, Ho's mother became the top agent-but quit her career to join her husband in Chicago. She encouraged her gifted daughter but chided her never to boast of her accomplishments. Ho entered the corporate world an unwitting embodiment of stereotypical Asian female behavior-"diminutive, submissive, that whole geisha thing you get tagged with...
...tell you how appreciative I am that she brought us on the radar screen," says Ho of Elam. "Companies don't look beyond minorities and women to look at minority women. Asians, for instance, may have kind of positive stereotypes that we work hard and we're smart. But Asian women are considered submissive and weak...
...will be difficult to keep your light lit as you go, and that is appropriate,” Edington warned as the participants left the shelter of Memorial Hall and embarked into the mist with their candles. According to Mir, a comedy event to benefit the South Asian earthquake victims is scheduled for December...