Word: gongli
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Tucked away in an inconspicuous corner of his Miami home, Edmond Joseph Gong ’52 preserves a nearly half-century-old letter—a letter that served as inspiration for him to beat the odds, again and again...
...letter came from Harvard Law School, where Gong had just failed his first-year exams, and it said that he would not be invited back to Harvard. In fact, it said, Gong would “never become a lawyer...
...school episode came after an undergraduate career at Harvard where Gong had encountered—and overcome—academic difficulties...
Like many incoming college first-years at the time, Gong harbored hopes of becoming a doctor. His parents wanted him to be a missionary in China. But after a year of fulfilling his pre-med requirements, Gong realized that he was more interested in economics and government...
...exits, spurring fears of a Chinese Altamont, albeit one featuring Hello Kitty instead of Hell's Angels. The mall show was called off, as was a May 26 concert at Shanghai's Hongkou Football Stadium, leaving F4's China fans afraid the band had gone the way of Falun Gong on the mainland. Officials say the band isn't banned, but the same doesn't go for their even more popular Taiwanese TV series Meteor Garden, in which the F4 boys play spoiled rich kids who drive BMWs, chase girls and engage in other non-socialist behavior. The Beijing Youth...