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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...member national team, from age 14 on they earn an average worker's salary, with bonuses for major victories. An Olympic gold medal brings 20,000 yuan, or about $3,700, equivalent to the average per capita income for a quarter-century. Says a prominent Chinese sports journalist: "Fu Mingxia is a money tree for her family." Still, that Olympic bonus is less than a fifth of what the Soviet Union offered athletes for gold at Seoul -- and about one-third of 1% of what American gymnast Mary Lou Retton earned from capitalist sources after her Olympic heyday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diving China's Chosen Ones | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...group, part of the school's Coalition forCivil Rights, held an overnight sit-in Clark'soffice to protest the lack of diversity in facultyhiring. The nine were third-year student CharisseCarney and second year students William Ansprach,Julie Fu, Jodi Grant, Derek Homore, Lucy Koh,Elizabeth Moreno, Jill Newman and Marie-LouiseRamsdale...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ad Board Will Try Student Protestors | 4/29/1992 | See Source »

Mixing straight rap and dance hall sounds with a lyrical barrage of references to martial arts movies and pop culture in general, Fu-Schnickens throw a big party on their debut album, F.U.--Don't Take It Personal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Origins of Karate in Government | 3/12/1992 | See Source »

From the opening track, "True Fuschnick," this group makes it clear that they're out to have a good time. The three rappers--Chip FU, Poc FU and Moc FU--introduce themselves with distinctive vocal styles, and the fun begins. Each soloist raps in a call-and-response dialogue with the rest of the group, creating a frenetic atmosphere which never lets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Origins of Karate in Government | 3/12/1992 | See Source »

...martial arts theme is most fully developed in "Movie Scene." A hilarious movie parody dissolves into crazy beats while Chip FU gives hardcore lines a different flavor with lyrics such as "So don't try to test Chip FU you fantail shrimp/What are you, Bullwinkle or Rocky/Don't start no beef or broccoli/So give it up, you lost/Or you better duck sauce...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Origins of Karate in Government | 3/12/1992 | See Source »

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