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Close-up of American politician & US Representative Norman Mineta during a town hall meeting, San Jose, California, 1980.
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Chinese author Nien Cheng waves after being sworn is as an American citizen on Liberty Island, New York, 16th August 1988.
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American tennis player Michael Chang at the French Open in Paris, 1989. He won the tournament, becoming the youngest male winner of a Grand Slam...
