Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some families left after the police removed foreign television crews and local photographers. But most stayed, opening their picnic lunches, swimming and wading in the water as the crowd grew...
Taishan bills itself accurately as the "home of the overseas Chinese." The county's 960,000 residents have about 1.2 million relatives living abroad, and much as American Jews send money to Israel in lieu of actually moving there, Taishan's "overseas compatriots" have sent millions home. Since 1982 foreign funds have built 500 new schools, 50 hospitals and an indoor soccer stadium...
...Foreign diplomats, military officers, a CIA member, numerous state representatives and a prominent Japanese newscaster are members of this year's class, said Robert E. Ayres, who is the Program's project coordinator...
Quote of the Week: "We played really timid and tentative against Arkansas. I think we were intimidated by the exotic nature of their squad."--Harvard men's water polo Co-Captain Andy Freed on his squad's 15-5 loss to the Razorbacks. All eight players on Arkansas are foreign and play for their respective national teams...
There are other aspects of current University policy that discourage study abroad. For example, any student can regularly take a fifth course here for no additional charge. But a fifth course taken at Harvard to compensate for trimester schedules or lighter programs at foreign universities inexplicably costs an extra $2000 dollars...