Word: ming
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...experience is an old strength of the order: St. Francis Xavier being the Jesuit's great Apostle to the East, who converted hundreds in Japan, died off the coast of China and has his body enshrined in the Indian city of Goa. Jesuits converted the last survivors of the Ming dynasty to Catholicism as they fled the Manchu invaders in the mid-17th century. But Nicolas also brings in another important strand of history: he hails from the northern city of Palencia, not too far from hometown of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the 16th century Basque soldier who founded...
...after publishing issues in spring 2004 and spring 2005, H Bomb fell upon hard times, facing financial troubles and the graduation of the original core staff. Last year, the magazine’s new president, Ming E. Vandenberg ’08, wanted to take H Bomb online as part of rethinking its mission. But that never happened. Faculty adviser Marc D. Hauser, a psychology professor, said he opposed a move online because of concerns about student privacy—but he also emphasized that he did not play a role in decisionmaking...
While under the leadership of Ming E. Vandenberg ’08, H Bomb lost its recognition as an official student group this April due to an incomplete student group registration. Vandenberg, who is a Crimson photographer, declined to comment...
...good he can be? I can't say that. But I think he'll be better than me.' YAO MING, all-star center for the Houston Rockets, on his fellow Chinese basketball player, rookie Yi Jianlian. The Rockets defeated Yi's Milwaukee Bucks in the two players' heavily hyped first-ever face-off, which drew as many as 200 million viewers in China
...pony or eat corn dogs. John Deere salesmen showed off their largest machinery ever, including a 530-horsepower tractor and a combine that costs $410,000 fully equipped. At the Firestone tent, a rep said the company is preparing a 91-in. (230 cm) farm tire, taller than Yao Ming. TopCon Precision Agriculture exhibited GPS gadgets that adjust your spraying and watering according to the topography of your fields and can even steer your tractor. ADM Financial advisers showed how to hedge risk in futures markets, while a lecturer at Monsanto's Biofuture tent touted drought-tolerant corn...