Word: yan
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Take the case of a project already under construction in Yan'an, the end point of the Long March, a place steeped in symbolism for Chinese people. A few steps from a memorial to Zhang Side - a soldier who, after being killed while hauling charcoal in 1944, was picked by Mao Zedong to serve as an example of selfless communism - is the entry to a tunnel. Someday it will be part of a highway that leads west from Yan'an. The key word is someday. The Shazuimao tunnel, which faces a mountain that bears giant characters in Mao's calligraphy...
...Despite some struggles late in the day on Saturday, the Crimson came out sailing well on Sunday in much windier conditions. In the first three races of the day, Garrity teamed up with junior crew Winston Yan, while Palmer worked with Stokes, and sophomore skipper Teddy Himler and Konstadt were a duo out on the water for Harvard...
...published by HSA, as its main source of information. The book has reviews of over 900 establishments in Cambridge and Boston. “There are lots of good reviews, but would you ever bring a guidebook with you when you went out?” said Winston X. Yan ’10, co-creator of Rover. Rover uses GPS to pinpoint locations of interest according to the user’s specifications. It sorts all hits by distance from the user and displays relevant contact information for the selected establishment as well as maps of the surrounding area...
...entire weekend. Other than that combination, the lineups were thoroughly mixed for Harvard throughout the two days of contests. Senior Jon Garrity, sophomore John Stokes, and sophomore Teddy Himler skippered for the Crimson in the team racing competition, while sophomore Grace Charles, sophomore Quincy Bock, junior Winston Yan, and Konstadt shared time at crew...
...their top five showings came within their last six races, as the duo matched its A division teammates in finishing well and securing team victory for the Crimson on its home waters.In the C division, senior skipper Jon Garrity split time with Brants and junior crew Winston Yan to finish fourth in that division’s seventeen races. They won three races on the weekend and were runners-up in two other contests.“Any time you are able to put up three solid finishes in all of the divisions, you are going to do well...