Word: wunderkinds
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...Chinese tennis federation has taken halting steps toward opening up. In order to match the women's talents with equally top-notch training, the federation has brought in foreign coaches for short-term stints. In 2003, the sports authority also allowed wunderkind Peng to attend the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy in Florida. "She excelled very quickly," recalls John Cappo, managing director of IMG China, who has acted as Peng's agent. "In China, coaches focus on punishment and point out players' faults. We convinced her that she's a winner, and she started acting like one." Peng transformed from...
...Sangita Singh OUTSOURCING WUNDERKIND...
...read about the spectacular production of “The Rocky Horror Show” at the Loeb Ex (and learn why you should leave the toast at home). Find out where to hear wunderkind Nick McDonell ’06 chat about his new best-seller. Check out which documentary is the hidden treasure at the LGBT film festival. Or get the buzz on the Degas exhibit, the hottest thing to hit the Sackler since…ever...
Ellis wears all black--black polo shirt, black slacks, black shades--and is surprisingly physically imposing, tall and broad. He's handsome in a nerdy way--he's like a larger, fleshier Greg Kinnear. He's also surprisingly smiley and sunny of outlook: the brooding wunderkind has become a mellow wundergrownup. "I'm 41!" he says. "I just want to get my Zyrtec [his allergy medication] and my nice cheese [this is during the cheese course] and take...
...disc includes a commentary conversation between Boorman and wunderkind director Steven Soderbergh (“Ocean’s 11,” “Traffic”), who begins by describing the movie as “a film I’ve stolen from so many times...