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...committed to doing it,” says Laura A. Schoenherr ’08, a biology concentrator, who says that she is considering studying abroad.“Studying abroad...would have meant postponing some of the required intro courses to senior year,” says Michelle Yang ’07, also a biology concentrator, who considered studying abroad but ultimately chose to work at a marine biology lab in Japan this summer instead.Administrators also said the sequential nature of these requirements can make it more difficult for students to find convenient semesters to go abroad...
...alarm bell went off at 9 a.m. on Oct. 15, 2003. That was the moment when China's Shenzhou V spacecraft lifted off the pad carrying Yang Liwei, a 38-year-old lieutenant colonel and former fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army. Although his flight was only 21 hours long, Yang's accomplishment triggered a historic outpouring of national pride, with China's state media portraying the country's first manned space shot as a triumph of native science, technology and collective will. Soon after the success of Shenzhou V, China upped the ante, announcing plans to launch...
...charges of inciting subversion. On Sept. 22, he was sentenced to seven years in prison. Beijing had once again sent a stern message to Chinese who dared to use the Internet to express their political opinions. "Zheng's arrest served as a warning to people like me," said Yang Chunguang, another Dalian-based writer critical of Beijing, shortly before Zheng's sentencing. "I e-mailed dajiyuan.com asking it to take down the things I had posted...
...Badd,” by the Ying Yang Twins. Before that I’d never heard a rap song successfully incorporate the word “vagina...
...says he and Yang started talking seriously about a deal in May. The key to it, Ma says, is that it gives Alibaba a strong position in four growth segments: business to business, consumer sales, online payments and now, with Yahoo!, search. "When we started Taobao, even our own chief technology officer said, 'Jack, you are crazy. Don't forget eBay.' But we passed eBay in China in just two years." Whitman, for her part, could not have been surprised by Yahoo!'s entrance into China. "Given how quickly the Internet and e-commerce market is exploding in China...