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...Yu Luojin, a Peking writer, was mortified by her second husband Cai Zhongpei. In fact, she was sure she had married a bumpkin. He never seemed to talk about aesthetics and the finer things of life, only stupid topics like the price of yellowfish. He flailed and hooted like a child while watching soccer games, and when she hauled him to the theater for some cultural uplift, he laughed when he should have cried. One day Yu tried to coax him into reading a book. He snapped: "I've been selected a model worker every year without reading books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Untying the Knot in China | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

Also REAGAN over CARTER, the DODGERS over the YANKS, and BUFFALO over the spread. Plus, THE SPACE SHUTTLE conquers THE ELEMENTS, RUSSIA turns back NAPOLEON and the METS win the '69 series. And, WAYNE MEISEL, PAUL-ALEXANDER, RICH YU and MARIO TEIXEIRA will win Harvard class marshal elections...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Might Have Been | 11/14/1981 | See Source »

Harvard's other marshals are Paul G. Alexander, of Leverett House; Mario F. Teixeira, of Mather House; and Richard A. Yu, also of Mather House...

Author: By Gregory C. Ridgley, | Title: 1982 Class Marshals Elected; Women Receive Most Ballots | 11/13/1981 | See Source »

...Yu said yesterday he was pleased with the diversity of the elected marshals, noting "it's great-like a mini-United Nations...

Author: By Gregory C. Ridgley, | Title: 1982 Class Marshals Elected; Women Receive Most Ballots | 11/13/1981 | See Source »

Stephen R. Quazzo of Eliot House; Mario F. Teixeira of Mather House; B. Greg Thompson Jr. of Winthrop House; and Richard A. Yu of Mather House were also chosen...

Author: By Gregory C. Ridgley, | Title: Class Marshals | 11/7/1981 | See Source »

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