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...kept complaining about Vietnam’s Third World status, evidenced, she thought, by its lack of Diet Coke. I got here by accepting a Let’s Go job backpacking through Borneo and the Philippines. My reward for completing the itinerary was an open-ended airline ticket. I came seeking to confirm my mother’s stories, to see where my father had fought during the war and to meet my Vietnamese relatives for the first time. My sister came because she had finally accumulated enough frequent flier miles to fly International Business Class. After 15 minutes...
...take care of their son, my half-brother John. As my sister, another brother and I evidence, though, Dad’s yearlong courtship succeeded. He left Vietnam in June 1970, and proceeded to send my mother romantic missives which culminated in a proposal and an airline ticket. My mother came to the United States in April of 1973. Suzanne was born in 1974. The rest, my parents claim, is history...
While visiting Vietnam had confirmed many of my mother’s tales and descriptions, numerous questions remained unanswered. How could my mother board a plane and leave behind everything she knew? All she carried with her was a ratty suitcase and a ticket stamped with the words “Does not speak English. Please Assist.” Did she just run off with my father for the chance to leave a war-torn country? How do people understand each other, and more importantly, fall in love, when they don’t even speak the same language...
...When someone gets a parking ticket, they’ll frequently ask for a copy for clarification,” she says. “We’re running out of them...
...became a Democrat - for the second time - largely by chance. A rising star as mayor of Bettendorf, a suburban town on the Mississippi, she was courted by both parties. The Republicans wanted her to run for lieutenant governor four years ago; she didn't like the head of the ticket. The Dems, in 1996, asked her to vie for Congress against Jim Leach; she figured he couldn't lose. But with redistricting last year, Leach moved west, leaving Nussle the man to beat in the First District. "He lost much of his rural base; 42% of the district's population...