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...factor working in Harvard’s favor is the depth of its team: five Crimson sailors were recognized amongst the Top-10 in New England. Bischoff and junior captain Cardwell Potts were acknowledged as two of the best skippers in the New England region, and seniors Michelle Yu and Lema Kikuchi, in addition to junior David Darst, were recognized as amongst the 10 best crews in the region. That depth could be an important consideration, given the close scheduling of the three National championships...
Eventually, Xiaochun attracts the interest of a more renowned teacher, Professor Yu (played by the director), who will coax the boy toward the career he and his father have dreamed of. Like Eliza Doolittle with her dustman dad, Xiaochun risks estrangement from his father as Jiang and then Yu assume the job of nurturing the boy's talent. For Xiaochun, each small step up in class means a giant step from his village, his childhood and the man who raised him. A boy can have so many fathers. Finally, one is enough--but which one will Xiaochun choose? That decision...
...allow the WHO to send teams to help Taiwan cope with SARS?a move that arguably kept the island's medical workers dangerously in the dark on the best methods of disease containment. "China has told the world that they are taking care of us," says Taiwan's Premier Yu Shyi-kun. "It's a shameless...
...Under international pressure, Beijing on May 3 finally allowed two WHO investigators to visit Taiwan, but they were barred by WHO headquarters in Geneva from contact with Taiwanese government officials. "They are not even allowed to talk to our officials from the Department of Health," complains Yu. "They are here to observe and compile information which, so far, they have only used to slap a travel warning...
...420s are difficult boats to sail in that they take a lot more strength to roll tack and gybe,” Yu said. “Because boathandling in these boats is so particular, and given more time to practice in the next few weeks, we will perfect our game to a level that can win the national title...