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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pressure to choose at Harvard is fairlycommon, according to Tammy V. Tai '98, whoseJamaican parents are of mixed heritage as well...

Author: By Leondra R. Kruger, | Title: Multiracial Students: Searching for a Voice | 5/19/1995 | See Source »

...would definitely say [Harvard's]segregated," Tai says. "It's very obvious here. Ifyou don't find your own group of friends your ownway, you might feel pressured to join [an ethnicgroup]... [And] it's hard to be with the grouphalf the time and not be with them the otherhalf...

Author: By Leondra R. Kruger, | Title: Multiracial Students: Searching for a Voice | 5/19/1995 | See Source »

...Tai, who attended a predominantly white highschool, also says the Harvard trend of racialself-segregation...

Author: By Leondra R. Kruger, | Title: Multiracial Students: Searching for a Voice | 5/19/1995 | See Source »

Exercises based on the Chinese martial art Tai Chi may provide a surprising answer to the high risk of falling among elderly people, reports the Journal of the American Medical Association. A study of 2,328 people over 65 shows that general exercise could reduce the risk of falling by 13 percent. But when one group of seniors learned moves based on the popular, slow-motion Kung Fu, researchers say, the risk dropped by 25 percent. Tai Chi's slow, controlled movements emphasize maintaining good balance and good muscle tone. The study says unintentional injuries are the sixth leading cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HI-YAH! | 5/2/1995 | See Source »

...least the United States, includingSecretary McNamara, have faced up to the morallegacy, the lessons of Vietnam, in a way that theleaders of Vietnam have not," Tai said. "For thatat least I am glad that, having been born inVietnam, I have become an American Citizen...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Prolonging Vietnam War 'Wrong,' McNamara Says | 4/26/1995 | See Source »

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