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...Museum of Science's 20,000 sq. ft. multi-level floor area allows spacious presentation of participatory displays interspersed among the many artifacts. Visitors have the opportunity to smell an array of herbal medicines, test their ability to read Chinese pictographs, pump water with a dragon-bone irrigation pump, and try the famous Tai Ji Quan exercises...

Author: By Joan H.M. Hsiao, | Title: 7,000 Years Ahead of Civilization | 7/23/1985 | See Source »

...first time every members of the women's lightweight, heavyweight and novice crews have been invited to participate in that city's traditional Dragon Boat Race. All they need, said Lightweight Coach K.C. Dietz, is airfare for 30 rowers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Crew Members May Go to Hong Kong for Famed Dragon Boat Race | 2/27/1985 | See Source »

Unlike crew shells, the Dragon Boats take about 25 rowers, who rely on upper-body strength rather than their legs for rowing power. The boats also have a tendency to sink...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Crew Members May Go to Hong Kong for Famed Dragon Boat Race | 2/27/1985 | See Source »

Although teams from the Orient have traditionally considered the Dragon Race a serious one, Radcliffe crew members--who have no experience with Far Eastern rowing--say they'll take it more lightly. "It's an entirely different kind of boat which is one reason why it is more low key," said Lightweight Captain Nina Streeter, a senior. "It's very amusing to watch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Crew Members May Go to Hong Kong for Famed Dragon Boat Race | 2/27/1985 | See Source »

...well known for his antigovernment blasts. Malkowski was described by one of the Toruan defendants as the initial target of the Popieluszko operation. Since then, Malkowski's outbursts have become even more virulent. "Today's empire of evil," he said recently, "is the country of the red dragon, the Communist state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland New Threats | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

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