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Most of Harvard’s peer institutions have yet to publicly release their endowment figures for fiscal year 2004, but the University is sure to remain billions of dollars ahead of even its nearest competitors. Yale University maintains the second-largest endowment in higher education, with a market value last reported at $11 billion...
...forthcoming from the government. Barbara Fischer Murnau-Westried, Germany We shouldn't blame fast-food restaurants for making us as fat as we are, nor should the government get involved and tell us what we can or cannot eat. Common sense is the answer. Instead of driving to the nearest grocery store, take a walk. Dana Sawyer Williamsport, Pennsylvania...
...strokes were at least four centimeters shorter than those of his nearest competitor, but when Kosuke Kitajima churned the Athens pool in a frenzied quest for gold in the 100-m breaststroke race last week, Japan's finest swimmer wasn't about to let a few centimeters of European torso or American leg stop him. Tagging the end of the pool in a speedy display somewhat slowed by brisk winds, the 1.78-m Kitajima raised his arms in a banzai cheer and threw back his head as a strange wail swirled through the stadium and skittered across the surface...
...would become a different kind of physician." Still, the chance seemed slim. This was during the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, when universities had been closed; Chairman Mao ordered students into the countryside to learn from the peasantry, so Huang spent years planting wheat on a farm. When the nearest medical school reopened in 1978, he won a place in its first class at age 23. He later studied at New York University and Rutgers, where Dr. Young introduced him to the wonders of the nose...
...little girls walk to the wooden blocks and extend their legs into the splits, one callused foot balancing on each block, their straining bodies hovering just above the ground. Coach Yang Yaojun, his sweatpants hiked high over his belly, ambles over to the girls, smiles and hands the nearest one a stopwatch. The girls, who are six and seven years old, do not smile back. Teetering on the blocks, they wait as Yang straddles each leg in turn, resting his 70-kg frame on their outstretched limbs. No matter how tough the girls are, no matter how much resolve they...