Word: yao
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...good he can be? I can't say that. But I think he'll be better than me.' YAO MING, all-star center for the Houston Rockets, on his fellow Chinese basketball player, rookie Yi Jianlian. The Rockets defeated Yi's Milwaukee Bucks in the two players' heavily hyped first-ever face-off, which drew as many as 200 million viewers in China
...pony or eat corn dogs. John Deere salesmen showed off their largest machinery ever, including a 530-horsepower tractor and a combine that costs $410,000 fully equipped. At the Firestone tent, a rep said the company is preparing a 91-in. (230 cm) farm tire, taller than Yao Ming. TopCon Precision Agriculture exhibited GPS gadgets that adjust your spraying and watering according to the topography of your fields and can even steer your tractor. ADM Financial advisers showed how to hedge risk in futures markets, while a lecturer at Monsanto's Biofuture tent touted drought-tolerant corn...
...Spurs aren't fancy but they win; the same goes for the somewhat overrated Mavericks. The run-and-gun Suns should be even better now that Grant Hill is joining Steve Nash, Amare Stoudamare and Shaun Marion. Houston should be vastly improved as well, if Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming can stay upright. None of this is funny, but it's worth keeping in mind when people complain about the league...
...style voting system. Deng Xiao-Ping's pragmatism, as well as redefining socialist economics, has brought about new understandings of democracy and politics for China's youth. The "Me Generation" have certainly hit the right political buttons so far, prompting governmental commitments to keeping them "rich and happy." Mingyi Yao, Melbourne...
...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...