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...Tongtong had an urgent need to learn Japanese. Growing up in the grimy northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, his biggest passion was video games. But amping up the onscreen action required Wu to master Japanese commands. Japan's brutal wartime occupation of Shenyang and other parts of China, which continues to stoke Chinese anger today, mattered little in the face of achieving total domination in his favorite video game. Both the computer and linguistic skills have since paid off. Today, Wu, 27, works in Tokyo as a software consultant, part of an influx of highly skilled Chinese labor that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chasing the Japanese Dream | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...This is a passion project on a number of different levels,” said Allibhai. “We hope the story of Aga Khan serves as a catalyst for people to rethink Islam...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Documentary Depicts Life Of Islamic Leader | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...surge in undergraduate entrepreneurs. While Harvard entrepreneurs admit that having “CEO” or “founder” written on your resume can’t hurt when applying to business school or Morgan Stanley, most of these go-getters insist that only sincere passion pushed them into the cold world of business at such a tender...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Students Stay Off the Beaten Path | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...year-old Cutler is a man behind the scenes, making strides in the fields of public policy and health economics as a health care adviser to big names such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. But he hasn’t quit his day job: Cutler emphasizes that his passion lies with his teaching and research as a professor of economics...

Author: By Samantha L. Connolly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revenge of the Nerd | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...said. “We place a lot of value on community involvement and we are a character based organization.” Since her crowning in June, Berkey has traveled across the continent speaking at Sigma Chi events on topics ranging from etiquette to campus involvement to her passion: community service. “When you’re the only girl in the room, they listen,” Berkey said. Girl power...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Sweetest of Sigma Chi | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

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