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...asset, she was enrolled at Beijing University along with minders assigned to ensure her political purity. To the horror of her fellow students, she clamored to experience the nobility of manual labor, and eventually was allowed to serve at a Beijing tool factory, pretending to make lathes. Her language skill, anonymous Chinese face and bumptious adventuring helped her catch on in Beijing as a reporter for the New York Times; years later, after working for papers in North America, she returned to China as a correspondent for the Toronto Globe and Mail. She was still in love with China...
...good number of those challenging for the win were the freshmen. The youngest members of the team surprised many with their depth and breadth of skill...
...Tosteson is a thinker, a decision maker and a leader," Carnesale said in a written statement. "He [has] the ability to identify the truly important aspects of any problem or issue, the willingness to decide on--and take responsibility for--a course of action and the skill required to persuade others of the merit of the decision...
...former Williston Professor of Law who worked closely with the Pusey administration during the campus unrest in the late 1960s, said in an interview last week that Bok had proven skilled in dealing with activist Law School students, a skill demonstrated by the comparatively smooth relations between the Law School and its students...
Then it occurred to me that "average driver" was based on miles driven rather than skill at the wheel. My saving might be less than $27 because I live in New York City, where alternatives to driving are available and increasingly attractive. The subway system, for instance, has mostly new trains as well as many renovated stations, and I think of it as much safer now that Bernhard Goetz, the wonk vigilante, is moving to Boston...