Word: northeastern
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...realize that the dried squid and sauteed pig kidney on the mountain-lodge menu are not usual ski-resort fare. "Now that Chinese have more money, they are looking for new forms of entertainment," says Yu Huiyang, the vice manager of Lotus Mountain, which opened last year near the northeastern city of Changchun and now draws 1,000 people a day on weekends. "Skiing is seen as a trendy and elegant activity, and many Chinese like to try it so they can gain status in their social circle...
...country celebrating its first-ever gold medal in a snow event at last month's Torino Olympics?courtesy of male aerial skier Han Xiaopeng?skiing has never been so cool in China. A decade ago, there was only one sizeable ski site in the entire country?Yabuli in northeastern Heilongjiang province?and that was built specifically to host the 1996 Asian Winter Games. Today, there are more than 200 resorts nationwide, and the China Ski Association estimates that Chinese ski slopes will record more than 3 million visits this winter. Although the high price of lift tickets?a day pass...
...realize that the dried squid and sauteed pig kidney on the mountain-lodge menu are not usual ski-resort fare. "Now that Chinese have more money, they are looking for new forms of entertainment," says Yu Huiyang, the vice manager of Lotus Mountain, which opened last year near the northeastern city of Changchun and now draws 1,000 people a day on weekends. "Skiing is seen as a trendy and elegant activity, and many Chinese like to try it so they can gain status in their social circle...
...country celebrating its first-ever gold medal in a snow event at last month's Torino Olympics-courtesy of male aerial skier Han Xiaopeng-skiing has never been so cool in China. A decade ago, there was only one sizeable ski site in the entire country-Yabuli in northeastern Heilongjiang province-and that was built specifically to host the 1996 Asian Winter Games. Today, there are more than 200 resorts nationwide, and the China Ski Association estimates that Chinese ski slopes will record more than 3 million visits this winter. Although the high price of lift tickets-a day pass...
Deborah Goldberg, former chairwoman of the Brookline Board of Selectmen, told students about her roots in the business world as a member of the family that founded the Northeastern supermarket chain Stop & Shop. Worcester Mayor Tim Murray recounted his struggles as a local official against a hostile Republican state administration. Child psychiatrist Sam Kelley spoke of his boyhood on a chicken farm and his adult work as medical director of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children...