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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...
...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...
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...
...Tai, who was born in Saigon in 1948 and hadmany relatives who died as a result of the war,focused on a different aspect of the conflict inher comments...
...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...