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Despite these themes, preparations for the play have been filled with excitement. Many members of the cast even sport matching “Pelican” team t-shirts as they rehearse...
It’s all about recruiting, isn’t it?The arduous process of convincing talented high school athletes that Cambridge is the best fit for them is an often-debated topic when it comes to sports at Harvard. Dialogue on the matter ranges from Harvard’s incentives for prospective student-athletes—or, without athletic scholarships, the lack thereof—to the controversial “weighting” of the admissions process.But the varied careers of three men’s volleyball team members illustrate that recruiting can be just the very...
...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 at Lotus Mountain costs about $20, roughly equivalent to a local farmer's weekly salary?may limit the sport to yuppies, there's plenty of room for the sport to grow. China's middle class is 50 million strong and, by some estimates, could reach 170 million by 2010. The China...
...easy sell compared with convincing Chinese to vacation at high-end domestic ski resorts. China's northeast may have plenty of snow, but with average temperatures in the -20?C range, this is hardly balmy country. Chinese tourists with enough cash to dedicate to a luxury sport may prefer to go abroad. "South Korea is only two hours away and has great ski resorts," says Wang Hongbin, publisher of China's first ski magazine, Speed Ski. "People like to boast that they have vacationed overseas, not in some poor village in China's northeast...
...There can't be many chefs trying to fuse Asian and Caribbean cuisine, but Vito Chan is doing just that. From his kitchen at Tao restaurant, in the Body Holiday hotel at St Lucia's Le Sport resort, he turns out exquisite dishes that have a distinctive Asian flavor and yet seem right at home on this volcanic isle. If you can't choose from a menu studded with so many tantalizing items, there's an easy solution: opt for the Tao Taste Plate of grilled beef tenderloin, pan-seared red snapper and wok-fried king prawns. Two other standouts...