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...unrelated story, an anonymous note distributed to Penn students at the Wharton School of Finance warned them not to take courses taught by Assistant Accounting Professor Thomas Cheng...
They saw their first bobsled race, on television, during the Innsbruck Games in 1976-and they were hooked. Bobsledding on Taiwan? On a subtropical island? "People stare at us a lot," says one Taiwan delegate. Undeterred, Wu Chung-chou, 27, and his brother Wu Dien-cheng, 25, keep in shape running and lifting weights and come to race in key European competitions. Their major complaint: lack of up-to-date equipment. They drive an old Italian-made two-man sled. "The equipment of all the participants should be the same," said the younger Wu. "But for a country without...
Boorstin clearly relishes such tales, not only about notable discoverers like Columbus and Magellan but also about the half-forgotten Cheng Ho, a Chinese eunuch who set forth in the 15th century with a gigantic fleet of more than 300 vessels and nearly 40,000 men. Exploring as far as Zanzibar, Chêng Ho brought back to the imperial zoo its first giraffe, which the Chinese were convinced was a unicorn, whose horn was said to provide the most powerful of aphrodisiacs...
...Cheng Chen Dallas...
...fifth through tenth matches, Betsy Howe, Josie Iselin, Virginia Bain, Kate Dunham, Shielah Cheng and Juliet Lamont each posted straight-set victories for Harvard...