A FRIEND IN NEED

AN OLD CLINTON PAL AND ENERGETIC DONOR MAY HAVE TRIED TOO HARD TO BE HELPFUL

The story of Charles Yah Lin Trie might once have taxed the imagination of a Hollywood movie producer: A Taiwan-born man arrives in America empty of pocket but full of ambition. After working as a busboy in Washington, he opens a restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas, befriends a future President of the U. S. and expands his business empire to the Far East. He becomes a top fund raiser for his old friend's party and then taps into a far-flung network of Buddhists for quick cash when the President gets into legal trouble. Eventually, he returns to Washington and earns the...

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