Word: yang
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...women among Southeast Asian boat people were abducted and raped by marauding pirates; they still suffer shame and a haunting sense that they have somehow betrayed their families. Worse yet, once in the U.S., their men, who may have trouble finding work, sometimes turn on them. Says Gaoly Yang, who helped battered Hmong women from Laos who now live in St. Paul form a support group: "If you don't produce income, it seems like you're losing control of your family. The men sometimes felt the women had too much freedom. In the group we say to the women...
...just shoots the guns out of their hands. (Guns don't kill people; guns kill guns.) Rex, because he is a good guy, always wins. But the bad guys, because they are let off, always come back. Ad infinitam. It is Rex's karma. An endless circle. Yin-yang, Yawn...
...extraordinary success breeding the birds in captivity. Last week, in the company of a Chinese official, a pair of 4 1/2-ft.-tall black-necks arrived at Archibald's headquarters to further test his matchmaking skills. Says Archibald of the female Lan-lan (which means flower) and the male Yang-yang (sun): "They are birds of the superlative...
...election without catering to the interests of individual voting blocs. "Reagan does not have to target a set of issues for blue-collar workers, a program for Hispanics or women," says Pollster Wirthlin. "He appeals to all Americans." -By Evan Thomas. Reported by Joseph N. Boyce/Atlanta and John E. Yang/ Washington, with other bureaus
...Yang agrees and adds that all her friends also questioned her interest in travelling. "They said, you are so old, but after I came here I feel young... now we want to study more, work more and contribute ourselves more to our country...