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...second for the national championship in every season since 1990. The men were led by undefeated performances from epee fencers senior Julian Rose, junior Ian Lindblom, and sophomores Benjamin Ungar and Edward Sherrill. Brand referred to the foursome as the top epee fencing squad in the country. Freshmen foil Kai Itameri-Kinter and saber Scott DiGiulio showed great potential in the competition. “It was [one of] their first college meet[s] and they came out big time for us,” Brand said. “I think it made the difference today...
...celebrated exploits are recast as frauds. The Long March? The authors contend that legendary battles along the way didn't actually occur and suggest Mao and his communist army survived the 6,000-mile ordeal only because his political rival, Chiang Kai-shek, decided to let them move unopposed. The 1949 declaration of the People's Republic? A bust, the authors argue, as a nervous Mao frequently resorted to awkward throat clearing and offered no ideas for benefiting China's people. His love for the peasants? Phony. "There is no sign that Mao derived from his peasant roots any social...
After reviewing both the new and old tables, Kai T. Wu ’09 commented, “In my personal experience, I’ve never found birth control pills to be very messy, but I do know that this is a waste of paper...
Entrepreneurs in Chengdu dabble in many things, but few are as versatile as Zhang Wu, 36, who owns a construction firm, an appliance store, a beauty shop and a nightclub. The son of an officer in Chiang Kai-shek's army, Zhang was branded a counterrevolutionary and he languished behind bars for a dozen years before being freed in 1977. Though Zhang is so wealthy he can afford a car, the ultimate luxury, he still feels ostracized. "People look down on me because I was in jail for political reasons," he says, perhaps ignoring the fact that some may suffer...
...survived the Long March largely because Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek made a secret deal with Stalin: Chiang let the Red Army escape in exchange for the Russians' release of the Generalissimo's son and eventual successor, Chiang Ching-kuo, held hostage in Moscow. Mao, meanwhile, solidified his power by luring a rival Red Army faction to its destruction and burying the survivors alive...