Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. ... Little Saigons have sprung up in U.S cities including Philadelphia, Houston, Chicago, and San Jose. ... Orange County's Little Saigon has became a major hub of the Vietnamese diaspora. ... Those deliver news about their home country as well as news about their new community, Little Saigon. Little Saigon assists the newly arriv...

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My parents quit their perfect jobs and me and my sister left all our friends behind us. It was a really rough situation, moving to a different country, leaving from your family and friends. ... My body was so tired and wanted to sleep, but it was a little bit impossible because we had to go to the U.S. ... I told all of my friends and to my family that I am moving to the U.S. That was pretty cool, but leaving the family from your friends and leaving from your perfect life in Istanbul. ...

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Away from everything you have grown accustom to, even the little things like playing soccer with friends at the park. Hanging out with friends and family all snatched away in the blink of an eye. ... "Losing my friends was the hardest part for me" Guy says. ... I mean finding friends couldn't be too easy when you don't know a word of English. ... It took him a couple of month to get the hang of school, making new friends. ...

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I slept for 2 hours and spoke to my friends till the plane arrived. ... I got a little bored of watching movies so I decided to look outside through the window. It was a beautiful view from the plane; the golden sun and the fluffy cloud was breathtaking and even though it rained soon after and it caused us a little turbulence, the cloud was still beautiful. ... My uncle arrived soon afterwards to take us home but we took a little detour to McDonalds because we were all so hungry from the flight. ... Even though I may not see my childhood friends and family for some years, I made some wonderful...

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I spent hours on end chatting up crass conversations with friends, family, and strangers. ... While typing out my response to Laura, I noticed three of my other friends had logged on to the internet. ... Then the little light bulb lit up in my head lit up as it had already done so in hers. ... We all purchased little souvenirs to look as if we were tourists just coming to visit, when in reality it was to blind sight the officers. ... Little did we know our friend April had been born in another state and had lost her social security car, which enabled her not to have an id yet. ...

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Then when teens ask to visit a friend parents will not let you go for any little insignificant reason they can think of. ... A stressing factor is friends and their annoying habits. ... When friends want to visit, they interfere with family affairs. ... Visiting friends do not let young adults complete assigned chores. ... In addition, when teens let friends visit their friends try to talk to them while they are working causing them to be irritated and stressed out. ...

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They left all their friends, relatives, house and career behind, with hoping to build a whole new life in a new country. ... Like Maria, when she went to kindergarten with only little English, she couldn't express herself to the others. One of little girl said that she was a stupid girl even can't talk. ... My friends, relatives and husband were all left behind, but I feel they are still near around me. ...

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In that excitement I did shopping with my mom and my little brother. ... I was luck because my little cousin goes to same school as me so I can ask her anything. ... Indian culture is like when I come from school I go out with my friends to play cricket. ... But now I know my English vary well, I work, make my money, go out with friends, and I am not scare to go out anymore. ...

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After class, we went to lunch where I met up with some of my friends. A few of them knew a little more about what was going on. ... I think they were still a little confused as to what really happened because all they knew was that a plane had crashed somewhere in New York City and that it was a terrorist attack. ... I felt so horrible for the people that had been involved or had family and friends that were involved in the attack. ...

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The Civil Rights movement was a very hard time for many blacks in the United States. African Americans had to fight for their rights. They fought to be able to sit on a bus in the seat of their choice, sit at a lunch counter, go to a decent public bathroom, integrate schools, and most importantly th...

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The jobs that were available worked long hours, and paid very little. ... The Russian women lost her husband; however, she discovered an entire network of friends (Friends that range from relatives to rabbi). ... Family could include relatives, friends, priests, friends of relatives, etc. ...

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I like going to the movies, football is a very unhealthy obsession and when I'm not driving a Ford, my heart breaks a little. ... So, when my friends told me I should come with them one night, I jumped at the idea. It all sounded so fun "playing games and spending more time with my friends! ... My attitudes, my clothes, my friends, they were always a cause of struggle and conflict. While my friends went to the pool in cute bikinis, I was forced to wear the ugly one piece. ...

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As a teenager, in a public school, with many gay friends and family members I am bewildered by the fact that there is no education in our curriculum on homosexuality. ... We wonder why people still harbor fear of homosexuals and the answer is clear, most of the population knows little to nothing about homosexuality. ... More importantly, in our sexual education classes, we learn all about families and different lifestyles, but we learn little to nothing about homosexuality. ... We owe it to our friends, family members, and future generations to educate them on the acceptance of others and th...

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That is 90.5 million of family, friends, and coworkers that come to heart diseases and wide variety of people will be getting diabetes. ... The truth is we can a little things to eliminate this. We can start by getting rid of candy stuff, putting little or no sauces on the our food, choosing fat free sauces for salads and cooking meals on the weekend could last for a week. ... A jog by a river with friends or hiking and camping with the family. ...

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He became a good friend of mine and helped me by supplying me with boots, a little money and food even when I would refuse. I traveled over north Dakota and back down through a little bit of Mexico, sneaking in illegally and making my way to the Pacific Ocean. ... Along my journey I did in fact meet friends along the way a girl even it was harmless flirting but as I did every place, I left the past behind me and moved on. ...

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A person's family becomes their best friends. ... I take it upon myself to go and visit my little cousins as much as possible and visit them about once a week. ... It is hard to explain but close friends become your brothers and sisters. I feel safe saying that the friends I have made in Mexico are better friends than my friends here in the states. In Mexico people call their friends" parents aunt, "tia", and uncle, "tio". ...

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"Why worry about the speck in your friends eye, when you have a log in your own." ... In the future may we all heed the wise words of Jean Cocteau, "Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images." ...

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Living life in the fast lane while socializing on the weekends with friends, enjoying fast food at a football game or just relaxing in the sun, nude at a near by beach. Paying the bills on time, building and maintaining credit to lease or buy being accepted for a loan, abiding by the law trying to make life a little better than average. ...

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The argument between supporters and opponents is largely fueled by political agendas that nationwide school voucher programs have had little success. ... My personal values that underlie the position in which I take, come from the fact that there is little opportunity for those growing up in schools that do not provide an equal opportunity to those outside of urban areas. ... Without the proper friends, family, and education, there is little hope for success in life. ... The children said that it was difficult for them to go to a school that was apart from their friends, but after some time...

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As little as two beers or drinks can impair coordination and thinking. ... Hyde -A high tolerance level--drinking just about everybody under the table -Blackouts--sometimes not remembering what happened while drinking -Problems at work or in school as a result of drinking -Concern shown by family and friends about drinking If you have a drinking problem, or if you suspect you have a drinking problem, there are many others out there like you, and there is help available. ... Excessive alcohol consumption causes more than 100,000 deaths annually in the United States, and although the number ...

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McCarthy was then seen as brash and temperamental, with little evidence to back up any of his claims, and then his following had died like the hysteria that he had brought with him; this had thus set the stage for Miller's play The Crucible. ... Many innocent people in The Crucible were jailed and eventually killed, ranging from a very devoted and gentle grandmother to a four year old child, much like the wild arrests that were made during the Red scare and period of McCarthy; in both cases, very little evidence was involved in the trials. ... In World War II, Japanese Americans were se...

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With the coming of cable and satellite television, my family now have hundreds of channels to watch with very little educational value. My little brother sits for hours in front of the television, and could not imagine missing a favorite show or movie. ... Life is viewed by the interaction of family and friends, and not by what is presented in the media . ...

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Although the film is little bit gruesome, I think it very accurately portrays what actually went on during this mission. ... I pretty sure not very many people have heard about it, because before my friends and I saw it I had no clue this even went on. ... This movie got underneath my skin a little bit. ...

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This added pressure was a factor that led me to hang out with the friends who shared the same pressure that I had. ... Although I had friends who spoke Spanish, I would still have trouble speaking Spanish. For example, every weekend my parents would take me to Mexico to visit family and I would be made fun of because my Spanish was a little off sometimes. ... Currently, I hang out with a group of friends who are all bilingual, so we are able to communicate to each other in both Spanish and English. ... When we communicating in Spanish, it creates a sense of equality amongst my friends and I, a...

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The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and its liberal friends are dead wrong when they say that affirmative action somehow upholds equal rights. ... King said, however, that he had a dream that his four little children would one day live in a nation when they would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. ...

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