Word: tung
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...Morakot, which means "emerald" in Thai, has left 7,000 people homeless, most of them from aboriginal communities who make a living off the land. Many are now living in crowded shelters, like the one run by Cishan's Fo Guang Shan Association, a Buddhist organization. There, Lin Ai-tung, with a nine-month old baby strapped to her chest, tells reporters how she fed her baby with rain water and infant formula for two days before they were rescued from Minchu village. The hall is filled with stacks of donated drinks, crackers, new slippers, clothes, toothpaste, soap, and towels...
...Teachers and administrators in several departments also confirmed that they would not be reducing undergraduate employment. Computer Science 50 Professor David J. Malan ’99 says he plans to hire the same number of students this year as last year, while Chair of the Mathematics Department Shing-Tung Yau says he had not been informed of any need to cut undergraduate instructors...
Harvard’s math department ran into difficulty drawing Kisin away from the University of Chicago after U. Chicago presented him with a more appealing counter-offer, according to math department chair Shing-Tung...
...Tung admitted that domestic policies in both countries threaten the prospect of trading...
...benefit of globalization is not being shared very well, not in China, not in the United States. It should be shared better,” Tung said...