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...mainland relatives, who then obtain permission from Chinese authorities to move there. Some 270,000 people from Hong Kong stream in every week to visit and sight-see. Two of the most popular stops: Sea World and Honey Lake amusement park, which features a monorail, Ferris wheel and double-loop roller coaster. In 1984, tourism and retail sales accounted for one-third of the zone's $666 million revenues. Even the industry that has sprung up is unimpressive. Instead of attracting the high-tech companies that Peking hoped for, Shenzhen produces mostly clothes, plastics and assembly-line electronic wares. Observes...
...place that's preparing these young Americans for life in their own country, "from crayons to college," as its slogan promises, is the Universal School, an Islamic institution teaching 638 students in pre-K through 12th grades in Bridgeview, Ill. The suburb, 16 miles southwest of Chicago's downtown Loop, lies in the heart of one of the U.S.'s largest Arab communities, where an estimated 25,000 Islamic residents pursue an uneasy assimilation into secular, suburban life. The school's goal is to give its students such a solid grounding in their religion and education that they will...
...Kirby has now decided to forgo full committee meetings and draft a more substantial report this summer with a select group of professors—a move that some say will make the process more efficient, but has upset other committee members who say they feel out of the loop...
...petitions and the columns and the conversations. Those were rejected,” Terry said. “We did Senior Gift Plus. The entire campus flips out. It’s picked up by Air America and German TV, just everywhere, right. Harvard is just thrown for a loop. They make the decision to divest faster than they probably would have...
...Loker Commons. Especially successful on the otherwise party-free nights before standardized tests, Pub Nights attracted a wide range of students with its centralized location, cheap drinks, and lively atmosphere. Pub Nights were also highly accessible to freshmen, who, without House affiliations, are often left out of the party loop...