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...space in their paper each Monday morning for the next few months. Some say that free advice is only worth what you pay for it. I don’t have all the answers, sadly. Certain times of my life would be a whole lot less of a gong show if I did. I cannot promise that I will give the “right” answer to every question or that I will be able to solve every situation that comes through my inbox. I think I have gotten far enough away from my perfectionist tendencies that...
...class, I go to required sections, and then I come to the [robot] lab,” he says, almost robotically. While some members manage to find time for other activities, others acknowledge robots have an all-consuming grip over their souls. Says Y. Richard Gong ‘09 only half-jokingly, “RoboCup is my life...
...pretty much do whatever you want. But seen from China, the Web is very different. Beijing employs a force of 30,000 Internet censors 24/7, blocking access to many sites expressing nonapproved opinions on hot-button issues like Taiwanese independence and the Falun Gong religious sect. When Western Web surfers search for images of "Tiananmen" on Google, they get row upon row of tanks, the indelible afterimage of the tragedy of 1989. Do the same search when you're in China, and you get a snapshot of U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and his wife posing in Tiananmen Square...
...China-doll mode of Ziyi Zhang, or of so many American actresses who want to play the eternal teen, Gong Li, 40, is Woman in all her allure, majesty and threat. There is architectural drama in the severe planes of her face, and her slimly voluptuous figure could grace the prow of a China Sea clipper. "We joked that if we just had a dollar for every time somebody said she was beautiful when they walked past her," says Geisha producer Lucy Fisher, "we could've financed the whole movie. She's magnificent in every...
Magnificent and scary. Early in Geisha, when Hatsumomo discovers the young heroine in her room, Gong Li's glare was so intense that the child extra in the scene started sobbing and had to be replaced. "No one was touching her," says Fisher. "It was just the power of Gong Li's look...