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Yes, Beijing is getting ready to host the 2008 Olympics, but even that can't explain why the government just spent some $56,000 painting southwest China's Laoshou Mountain green to cover up scars left by a strip-mining operation. Here are some of China's other "beautification" campaigns...
As China prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year this weekend, there is much hyperbole about the country's gleaming new skyscrapers, swelling middle class, dazzling preparations for the Olympics and so forth. But it is always worth getting a reality check on what underlies that rosy picture, the fact...
Last year at the Junior Olympics, you beat out Adrienne Nott from Notre Dame in the final match. In The Observer, she is quoted as saying, “‘Wow, why is Emily Cross so good?’” What do you have to...
When you decided that you were going to take time off from Harvard to train for the 2008 Olympics, how did your teammates react?
Call it crimson, white, and blue. The preliminary roster for the U.S. Women’s National Team was unveiled by USA Hockey yesterday, and three of Harvard’s American Olympians made the cut. Angela Ruggerio ‘02-’04, still alive on the...