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...free market. Liu Xuan, a pert gold medalist at the Games in Sydney, works as a model and starred as a plucky migrant worker in a movie called Far from Home. Fellow gymnast Li Xiaoshuang has recorded an album of pop ditties. Fu Mingxia, the legendary diver who first struck gold as a teddy-bear-carrying 13-year-old in Barcelona, has appeared on Sprite cans. "Sports is an industry now," says Guo, declining like a seasoned pro to discuss the details of her endorsement contracts. "It's another example of how economic reforms have changed China...
...good friend of mine recently told a story of ill-fated philanthropy. She’d just attended a richly-catered Harvard event and was walking home, carrying a tray of leftovers. Suddenly, it struck her that it’d be quite lovely of her to offer some scraps to the numerous homeless people she mindlessly steps over daily. Dazzled by her own benevolence, my dear friend eagerly approached the nearest vagabond and inquired: “Sir, would you like one of these sandwiches?” The man sneered, and shot back: “I only...
SEVIS was the most labor-intensive requirement that most universities faced in the wake of Sept. 11. For many international students, other regulations struck far closer to home...
...have grave doubts about whether the INS’s implementation of [Special Registration] has struck the proper balance between securing our borders on the one hand and respecting the civil liberties of foreign students, businesspeople, and visitors who have come to our nation legally on the other,” they wrote...
Last week, the Undergraduate Council passed a proposal to create a women’s center at Hilles; yet, the idea struck a discordant note with some and incited knee-jerk criticisms from students who didn’t know what it was about. The plan’s antagonists were quick to condemn the center as just some half-baked ultra-feminist plot or a token effort to recognize women. Students who oppose the proposal, however, need to do some serious reassessment...