Word: makeing
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Whatever the cause, racism in one form or another, subtle or blatantly obvious, plagues many Asian Americans. Sometimes strong biases brought over by the immigrants themselves -- including racial prejudice, clannishness and a $ reluctance to make problems public -- hamper their assimilation into the majority. More often, however, Asians are the victims of discrimination. The very visible success of some Asian immigrants and the power of Asian finance have triggered a backlash...
...direct mail -- for magazines, delicious cheese products, whatever. In addition to the solicitation costs, commercial operations actually have to supply you with the product after you've signed up (and often a calculator or telephone or small sports car as a premium as well). These businesses, too, usually make money only if you reorder. But knowing that the money you send in doesn't even cover the cost of discovering your propensity to send in money grates more in the case of fund raising for charitable or political causes...
...fund raising also leads groups to create or exploit bogeymen, to personalize the issue. Ted Kennedy's dream may have died, but it lives on in the nightmares of thousands of conservative donors. Liberal causes have lost Ed Meese and Robert Bork, but are trying (a bit desperately) to make do with David Duke, the former Klansman in the Louisiana state legislature...
Racist rhetoric is nothing new in American politics. Blacks have been its most consistent victims. But when politicians make offensive comments these days, they are usually sufficiently embarrassed -- or shrewd enough -- to offer fast apologies or disassociate themselves. True to form, Ron Brown declared that he was "appalled" by Savage's remarks and promised that Savage would receive no help from the party's campaign treasury. That did not matter much, since the funds generally are reserved for candidates in tight races against a Republican -- and Democrats running in Savage's Chicago district are invariably shoo-ins. Said Savage...
...West Germany's economy. There is a great need for such firms in the East, which suffers a dearth of everything from corner restaurants to car dealerships. In the past two months, some 40,000 East Germans have applied for a share of the $3.5 billion that Bonn will make available to them over the next three years for loans to start small enterprises...