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  1. ethnicity
    an affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
    Like most Americans, she celebrates her ethnicities.
  2. nominate
    propose as a candidate for some honor
    Tony-Nominated Musicals

    FAITH LAPIDUS: Actors, directors, playwrights and others will gather this Sunday at the Beacon Theater in New York City.
  3. commence
    set in motion, cause to start
    (MUSIC “Commencing in Chattanooga”)

    FAITH LAPIDUS: I’m Faith Lapidus.
  4. sympathetic
    expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings
    She says many young Chinese were sympathetic to the country’s new government.
  5. expectation
    belief about the future
    JIM GIBBONS: “What I think Goodwill does for the disabled and immigrants is to have high expectations, give the facts and then surround the individual with the tools and support for them to be successful.”
  6. majority
    the main part
    I live in Los Angeles and today, in Los Angeles, I have about four hundred relatives, of which the majority of them are still full Chinese and there there’s this spectrum with me on one end – there are about a dozen that look like me – but then, sort of, this spectrum all the way up to the majority being full Chinese.”
  7. astonishment
    the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
    READER: “Her delicate eyebrows, pretty nose and full lips register absolute astonishment at seeing me.
  8. perceived
    detected by instinct or inference
    PERLINE RASOANOROMALALA: “I did not know that crossing your arms is perceived a different way in the U.S.
  9. witness
    someone who sees an event and reports what happened
    She is a producer of the Broadway musical.



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    Patina Miller and Marla Mindelle in "Sister Act"
    The main character, Deloris, is placed in a witness protection program in a convent a center for Catholic religious workers.
  10. guilty
    responsible for or chargeable with wrongdoing
    They were falsely accused and found guilty of the rape of two white girls in the nineteen thirties.
  11. praise
    an expression of approval and commendation
    Perline Rasoanoromalala praises the organization.
Created on 六月 12, 2011

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