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Yinghua, the first such immersion program in the Midwest, is on the leading edge of a movement that in recent years has seen Chinese-language programs spread rapidly throughout the U.S. In 2000 an estimated 5,000 kids were taking Mandarin in the U.S. This year the number is closer to 60,000. Now in its third year of operation, Yinghua moved this semester into a 45,000-sq.-ft. (4,200 sq m) former elementary school. (See pictures of Yinghua Academy...
...classrooms, the walls are covered not with ABCs but with pictures and Chinese characters describing seasons, weather and the months of the year. On a hallway map of the world, the phrase we live in beautiful minnesota is written in Chinese next to their home state. During a recent lesson in American history, the classroom walls featured images of - and Chinese words for - Mount Rushmore, the White House and President Obama. (See pictures of the college dorm's evolution...
REBECCA POLIHRONIS, a friend of former Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa's, saying his lightened visage is the result of a normal skin-rejuvenation procedure. A recent photo of Sosa, who reportedly tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, showed the outfielder with what appeared to be a dramatically whiter face...
...recent Friday afternoon, my partner and I lined up on 34th Street in Manhattan and took a BoltBus to Philadelphia for date night. The bus left on time and was packed with people hunched over their netbooks and PDAs. Even the one bit of trash I saw was upscale: a lipstick-smudged Starbucks cup. And the $20 round-trip fares made it a lot less painful to pay our babysitter when we got home...
...Equities bears maintain that the recent stock rally has already outrun fundamentals and that stocks are no longer cheap. To be sure, based on projected operating earnings for all of 2009, S&P 500 companies are trading at an average price-earnings ratio of nearly 19, higher than the long-term historical average of 15. But basing stock values on 2009 data is inappropriate. This year saw the bottom of the worst recession since World War II. What is relevant for determining stock values are future earnings, not past earnings. Next year's operating earnings for S&P 500 companies...