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By u. S. And nato troops, the taliban scattered around afghanistan, but they eventually regrouped in the now retaken large portions of the country. This is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to this session at the carnegie endowment. The arrest this morning and im a study from the very beginning that this is the organization and ill say a few words about it. So what this session is about is the launching of his boat, the taliban revival violen...

But the oppression of our voices have been for so many, many years, if you think back the first writer who was read in terms of Asian American was maxine kingston. I read her in high school and was greatly affected by reading about the woman warrior. Before her there were few. There were some but didnt make that economic splash. They were never read in a large way. Maxine was the first one we read her in school we knew of her. She was not out there like anny tan was when she wrote the joy luck c...

You specifically and in general, do you feel like a lot of women have been stimulated by being part of an oppressed class . Good question. Very much so. I will try to answer a, b, c. For me, i know that the first thing i began to think about when i thought i wanted to write a novel was that i wanted to write about my culture. And because i had grownup in the Chinese Culture i wanted to write about china. I wanted to find out more about myself because of i was raised in the bay area and because i...

When i thought i wanted to write a novel was that i wanted to write about my culture. And because i had grownup in the Chinese Culture i wanted to write about china. I wanted to find out more about myself because of i was raised in the bay area and because i didnt know culturally a lot of things i wanted to know. I knew i wasnt going to write about myself and knew that i was not going to write about my family. But i wanted to write about an aspect about china and women. Those were the 2 things i...

Applause . applause . Thank you guys so much for that beautiful performance can we give them another round of applause . applause . All the this time if i can ask mr. Joaquin torrez to join us again on stage, joaquin will be introducing the mayor and if i can ask my fellow Committee Members to also join us on stage. Joaquin. Thank you very much i have to say as director the mayors oches of Neighborhood Services its refreshing to have a mayor so dedicated to couldnt and it makes my job easier whe...

Please join me in thanking our penal clapping see you all at the youre watching quick bite, the show that has San Francisco. Were here at one of the many food centric districts of San Francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. A cross between castro and gastronomic. The bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. Adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes sky...

Folks. I want to recognize our folks this is a chang neighborhood and your patient but folks remain committed and continue to volunteer their hours. Theyre not paid like i am and they volunteer their hours and mary from mgm and carrying out and so some folks and our closest and famous gentleman willie brown. I think its important to recognize the receipt that debated this promise that many of you supported this project but many wanted to make sure this was going to be a benefit and, of course, o...

Buy stock in Drugs Companies on let me just tell you something the ceos make hundreds of millions of dollars. Theres enough money for r d. Every year those companies are a profit and every year more people cant afford their medication. Theres a difference between being very rich and ridiculously rich. This gentleman says that Congress Wants the pharmacies so have the money and Congress Wants money from the pastes to keep returning for offices. They spend more money on politics and fighting again...

Turning away in shame. Matzu lned over and smelled a sweat, it takes greater courage to live. [applause] im going to throw it open now to questions. So you might direct me as to what you might want to know about. As we are taping this with sfgov tv i will ask you to ask your question into the microphone so they can pick it up. And you, too will be on tv. Now nobody wants to. I will ask a requequestion, wha you working on now . Does that sound planted . It wasnt. I just finished a monster of a bo...

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