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Paik is evil — it makes the murder take placeout of the country and puts the money in Jin’s hands.
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In Jubbulpore a small clan of persons known as Paik or foot-soldier return themselves as Rajputs, but are no doubt a mixed low-caste group.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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One body called Burkandaz, commanded by Duffadars and Jemadars, seems to be a more recent establishment The other called Paik, commanded by Mirdhas and Sirdars, are the remains of the militia of the Bengal kingdom.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Further down the page, Jon Kessler adds, "It may not be an overstatement to call Paik a visionary�he coined the term electronic superhighway, and Global Groove's rapid edits anticipated the look of mediated imagery in today's age of the attenuated attention span, as well as the bodily experience of electronica and rave culture.".
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Sun’s father, Mr. Paik, is an unknown, but he had dealings with Widmore.
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The American Society of Newspaper Editors was entertained by the renowned satirical group Capitol Steps, featuring a white man dressed in a black wig and thick glasses impersonating a Chinese official who gestured wildly as he said in a manner reminiscent of the chant that greeted Mary Paik Lee on her first day in school: "ching, ching, chong, chong."
Bill Ong Hing: "Ching Chong, Chinaman": The De-Americanization of Asian Americans Bill Ong Hing 2012
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The American Society of Newspaper Editors was entertained by the renowned satirical group Capitol Steps, featuring a white man dressed in a black wig and thick glasses impersonating a Chinese official who gestured wildly as he said in a manner reminiscent of the chant that greeted Mary Paik Lee on her first day in school: "ching, ching, chong, chong."
Bill Ong Hing: "Ching Chong, Chinaman": The De-Americanization of Asian Americans Bill Ong Hing 2012
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Consider the poignant autobiography of Mary Paik Lee, a Korean immigrant who described her family's arrival in San Francisco harbor in 1906:
Bill Ong Hing: "Ching Chong, Chinaman": The De-Americanization of Asian Americans Bill Ong Hing 2012
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If you give people identical resumes, one a mother and the other not, the mother is 79 percent less likely to be hired, 100 percent less likely to be promoted, offered an average of $11,000 less in salary, and held to higher performance and punctuality standards, according to a study by Shelley Correll, Steve Benard and In Paik.
Joan Williams: Bloomberg Case: Open Season to Discriminate Against Mothers? Joan Williams 2011
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Consider the poignant autobiography of Mary Paik Lee, a Korean immigrant who described her family's arrival in San Francisco harbor in 1906:
Bill Ong Hing: "Ching Chong, Chinaman": The De-Americanization of Asian Americans Bill Ong Hing 2012
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