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...snow, navigating the slopes proved to be a challenging endeavor. “It was like a minefield trying to make it down,” senior Katie Connors said. “It was pretty intense, but everyone made it down pretty fast.” Junior Alexandra Teng placed highest for Harvard in both the women’s slalom and giant slalom. Teng’s time of 2:12.41 put her in 39th for the slalom, while she earned 46th with a time of 2:17.40 in the giant slalom. On the men?...
...skyscrapers, swelling middle class, dazzling preparations for the Olympics and so forth. But it is always worth getting a reality check on what underlies that rosy picture, the fact that China remains a highly repressive authoritarian state. I met recently in a small Beijing cafe with social activist Teng Biao and public-interest lawyer Li Heping, two unassuming gentlemen who are painfully well aware of the lengths the Chinese system will go to preserve itself...
...Emperor is far away." Beijing has always had enormous trouble enforcing its will in the far-flung corners of China, where the local bosses pretty much do what they want). Still, Li said that so far Chen's spirits are holding up well. "He is very strong," said Teng. "He still firmly believes in continuing to fight against the conviction for as long as it takes...
...Both Li and Teng are pretty formidable, too, and remain dedicated to their public interest vocations despite knowing full well what the consequences can be. Last December, Li and three other lawyers took a long distance bus from Beijing to visit Chen. The bus was stopped in mid-journey and a group of seven or eight unidentified men, some of them wielding iron bars, climbed on board and attacked the lawyers. "I keep a positive attitude," Li said, but inevitably such experiences "shake my belief in the legal system of this country." Then Li showed me a picture someone...
...among many others, which is really another really great achievement in our progress forward. I haven’t seen that happen in my years here. I’m really encouraged.” In the women’s giant slalom, senior Katie Connors and junior Alexandria Teng placed in 40th and 41st, respectively, while sophomore Jessica Alvarez followed in 43rd. The men’s 20K classic featured solid finishes from Petrach, whose 38th place finish clinched Harvard’s top mark in the event, and Burruss, who came in 41st with a time...