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...conjured up to ward off collapse was an enormous stimulus package, including under its vast umbrella everything from infrastructure to the creation of “green” jobs. Its very immensity required some of the same good ol’ American optimism that had won Obama his mandarin??s perch. Flood the economy with enough money, the premise went, and we can all float our little rafts to the golden shores of prosperity. But despite the plan’s elephantine nature—and its bizarre twist on trickle-down—Democrats...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Looking On the Bright Side | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...Mandarin??you know, the language, or Shanghainese? Or Cantonese? Which Chinese?” She had read up on China on the plane and, overpriced LonelyPlanet guide in hand, was eager to show that she wasn’t the average ignorant tourist...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan | Title: A Comedy of Language | 7/11/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard, the only way to pop a mandarin??s administrative cherry is to appoint a task force...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Multi-Tasked | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...member of the Model United Nations and moderated Saturday’s mock assembly. “Their ideas were far more creative than high school Model United Nations students’.” Meanwhile, in Sever 305, the girls got a very brief introduction to Mandarin??learning to count up to 10 and making posters that said “Strong Women, Strong Girls” in Mandarin. Previous incarnations of SWSG’s semesterly on-campus event included Career Day and Health and Sports Day. Saturday’s theme grew...

Author: By Rachel M Singh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Local Girls Get Global Ed | 11/13/2006 | See Source »

...love you like a mouse loves rice,” crooned Adam R. Miller ’07—in impeccable Mandarin??at the fourth annual Intercollegiate Karaoke Contest hosted by the Harvard Hong Kong Society (HHKS) Saturday night. Judges deemed the New Jerseyan Miller the “audience favorite” for his performance of “Mouse Loves Rice,” or “Lao Shu Ai Da Mi,” as he held his own against other contestants who were native speakers. “Now that...

Author: By Joyce Y. Zhang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Karaoke Contestants Croon—in Chinese | 4/17/2006 | See Source »

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