Word: yan
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...main responsibility for Yan "Klara" Haimei, Qianjiang's chief in Pesaro, is to watch Benelli's balance sheet, leaving design and production in the hands of the Italians. Both the Chinese and Italian managers emphasize that the aim is to boost the Italian brand while improving the performance of the smaller and simpler Chinese scooters. It's a question of knowing your markets. The 500cc motorcycles popular with European and American riders are not even permitted on Chinese roads. Says Marconi: "In China they've produced the same scooter for the past 20 years." Marconi says the equation...
...thing is clear: learning your partner's language always helps. Qianjiang boss Yan can now get by in Italian and engineer Michelotti often throws a few Mandarin phrases into conversation with his colleagues in Wenling. He's also begun to pick up certain words they keep repeating. Chinese Professor Brezzi explains the difference between "we should" (yinggai) and "we must" (yao). "I always hear 'yao,'" says Michelotti. That's a reminder of who's in charge...
...reported in the papers-regardless of whether the politicians are capable. I am not a fan of Blair's, but I wish he could stay on as Prime Minister. After he leaves office, I hope he can serve like Al Gore, as an environmentalist and observer of world politics. Yan Wang, Cardiff, Wales...
...Cabot House seniors were unofficially married in a mock traditional Korean wedding ceremony in Cabot last night, in an event hosted by the Global Cultural Club, a group of Korean-Americans dedicated to spreading and sharing Korean culture. Cabot Resident Tutor Ha Yan Lee invited representatives of the Los Angeles-based group to Cambridge to participate in the ceremony, in which Snezhana B. Zlatinova ’07 and Ludwig “Matt” Otto ’07—who began dating after meeting during freshman orientation—were fake-married...
...invite, where most teams sent two teams to compete. Harvard’s B-boat took eighth-place thanks to the efforts of two freshmen, skipper Ali Beyer and crew Michelle Konstadt. The A-boat finished 16th on the strength of freshman skipper James Fish and freshman crew Winston Yan. Maine Maritime dominated in the regatta, with the school’s A and B boats taking first and third-places, respectively.PRIDDY TROPHYThe freshman-only Priddy Trophy at Mass Maritime saw 17 teams compete in a single division, with the Crimson taking fourth-place overall. Skipper Drew Robb and crew...