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...China, I’m usually with people my age or in urban areas and don’t directly interact with people who experienced it,” he said. For people of his generation, he said, the Cultural Revolution is a hard thing to grasp, and this movie gave it a human face. Xing’s film has been shown informally five or six times in China, Xing said, but there are no plans to release it with government approval. Goldman commended Xing for his desire to educate a naïve young Chinese population...
...Though he took his studies seriously—he went to class until the day he was admitted to the hospital for the last time—and did well academically, friends said he rarely needed to do any work. “The things he was able to grasp at the age that he was were just incredible,” Brian Friedman said, noting that his brother understood calculus in the eighth grade. During a remission in 2005, Friedman was granted a request by the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Rather than opting for a shopping spree, a meeting...
...grasp the difference, imagine if the Democrats had nominated Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. Republicans would have slammed them as profligate, divisive and militant but not as foreign. Even racists couldn't deny that Jackson and Sharpton are fully American. In fact, because slavery ruptured ancestral ties of language and culture, African Americans often have fewer transnational connections than Americans whose forebears traveled voluntarily to these shores. Our national vernacular is filled with antiblack euphemisms, but cosmopolitan isn't one of them...
...Harvard has every reason to believe the title is within its grasp, as the squad boasts a potent balance of seasoned veterans and talented rookies. With the introduction of six new freshmen, the first-year competitors are the most represented of any class on the squad, and have already made a noticeable impact...
...with three pieces of steel that held his fingers in position, allowing him to move his fingers when he wanted but preventing the involuntary contractions.” Business school was an attractive option, Derse said, because he “wanted two years to really get a good grasp on the concepts needed to run a fledgling business.” “I want to feel confident that when I decide to start that business, I will have direction, and if surprises come up, I can handle them,” Derse said. Karthik Ranganathan, another recipient...