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...language barrier in and of itself is especially daunting for students from non-Anglophone countries: without near-fluency in English, it’s practically impossible to do well as an undergraduate. This factor alone can filter out substantial numbers of prospective applicants...
...year-old teammate Li Zheng. "But in person, he looks a lot older than he does on TV." The other teammates don't know exactly what to make of Gazza, either. He is a fallen football legend in their midst, and there is far more than just a language barrier keeping them apart. "He has lived so many football lives," says Flying Horses' chief coach Gong Hai. "Maybe it's hard for us to understand everything that he has gone through...
...Moore was equally active in the books, recording a goal and two assists. His assist on junior forward Kenny Turano’s goal in the third period gave Moore 21 goals and 20 assists for the season. It is the second time he has broken the 40-point barrier. The previous time was in his sophomore season when he tallied 43 points...
...compete." But experts don't foresee a Billie Jean King--style man-beating--Sorenstam will be driving from the men's tees, which are about 10% longer than the women's. A Top 10 finish is probably out of reach. But now that the athletic gender barrier is down, is it finally time for Dennis Rodman to try out for the WNBA...
...Hong Kong was almost the birthplace of a disastrous pandemic. A strain of avian flu called H5N1 leaped the species barrier and infected 18 people, killing six, before the slaughter of the city's 1.4 million chickens helped stop the spread. Last week, alarm bells rang anew when a local 33-year-old man and his nine-year-old son contracted a similar virus. The father died of pneumonia Feb. 17, while the son remains in stable condition. Officials say the victims were probably infected through contact with chickens while visiting China's Fujian province, and that until H5N1...