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...spasms of oppression, it's a lesson Gao has learned through bitter experience. When Chinese authorities tried to squelch his voice in the early 1980s, he fled his home in Beijing, first into the rural wilds of China, later to exile in France, penning a sprawling novel, Soul Mountain, partially about his flight. In 2000, it helped him win an utterly unexpected Nobel Prize in Literature, the first by a Chinese author. To many writers, the Nobel has proved a curse, triggering furious envy from rivals, and intensifying crippling perfor-mance anxiety. And some critics carped that...
...says Graham, laughing. Espy has ably justified his spending habits. “He borrows from Future Matt,” Pengelly says. “He spends the money he expects to make as his future self.” Espy also once climbed a mountain wearing a bathrobe—though that was only because he had no jacket...
After the trey, Lehigh had finally seen enough. Mountain Hawks’ coach Billy Taylor called for a stoppage, the official blew his whistle and Rogus’ teammates jumped from their chairs to greet him as he trotted back to the huddle...
Lehigh point guard Zlatko Savovic, who finished with a game-high 23 points, led a late rally that pulled the Mountain Hawks within nine, but Harvard weathered several turnovers and converted its free throws down the stretch to seal the victory...
Another encouraging sign for the Crimson was the resurgence of its floor defense. Averaging only 5.5 steals a game entering Saturday’s contest, Harvard stole the ball 14 times from Lehigh and forced 19 Mountain Hawk turnovers, both season-highs for the Crimson...