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...insulted while checking in for her flight here. "Two airline people told me if they weren't able to get everyone on, I'd have to buy another seat." Charles Van Dyke, 46, a Southern Californian--who estimates his weight at 600 lbs., judging by a sumo wrestler roughly his size--nodded understandingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bulge And The Beautiful | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

When he was in high school, Eric Liu labored desperately not to be defined by his race. He made himself into a "Renaissance boy"--a wrestler and musician, prizewinning scientist and newspaper editor--all to avoid the stereotypes commonly affixed to young Asian-American males. As Liu writes in his new book, The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker (Random House; 206 pages; $23), his effort to distinguish himself didn't always work: "In the eyes of some, I suppose, I was simply another Asian 'overachiever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: From a Different Shore | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

Heading one of the 20 largest organizations atHarvard while training to be anationally-competitive wrestler and designing yourown concentration is the kind of resume mostHarvard students only associate with their mostdriven peers...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Her Way to Harvard | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

After winning EIWA in the 134-pound weight class, DeNunzio had a shining performance at Nationals, becoming the first Harvard wrestler in 15 years to garner All-American honors...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Snares Team, Individual Accolades | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

Sophomore Joe Killar won the CKLVI at 158-pounds by pinning the second-ranked wrestler in the nation in his class. And freshman Matt Picarsic gave opponents much to worry about this year and in coming ones after great performances all season and a third place finish at EIWAs...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Snares Team, Individual Accolades | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

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