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...Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, the hallowed manifestos that form the foundation of correct political thought in China. Getting anyone but scholars to pay attention to Jiang's national mission statement is a challenge. Few outside intellectual circles can name even one of the "Three Represents," his awkward effort to integrate modern capitalism with communist principles...
Neighbors in Irvine describe Hadayet as a quiet man who was married to an outgoing and friendly woman. "I saw about 80% more of her than I did of him," says Dan Danielewicz. "He seemed friendly, but maybe a little awkward because he wasn't as proficient at the language or not as acclimatized as the wife and kids." But Hadayet had also recently complained to the management of his apartment complex about his upstairs neighbor. After Sept. 11 the neighbor had hung a U.S. flag and a Marine Corps flag from the balcony of his apartment, above Hadayet...
...series of colorful vignettes that chronicle Chen's seven-year odyssey from the humiliation of his arrival on campus to the hard-won triumph of securing permission to study in America. Shuttling his narrative between Beijing and Yellow Stone, his home in the Fujianese countryside, Chen recounts his often-awkward coming-of-age with humor, affection and a freshness that derives both from his almost implausible naivet? and his relish at writing in his second language...
...awkward to get into, that much he admitted once we were both inside the hole. But I was so amazed by how he had made a chimney that would draw smoke out if he ever chose to build a fire that the awkwardness of getting in and out of the hole wasn't even on my mind. You could add to that that escape wasn't a concept I had any real experience with. The worst I'd had to escape was Artie, a strange-looking kid at school whose father was a mortician. He liked to pretend...
...awkward beginners, having a sense of humor is essential to getting underway. Yuan said her own apprehensions about teaching her first class dissolved after she made her students laugh...