Word: yuan
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...authorities that AIDS had somehow broken out of the usual high-risk groups--homosexual men, intravenous-drug users and commercial-sex workers--and infiltrated the general population. But the mystery remained: How had this "foreigner's disease" come to infect poor rice farmers who scrape by on 2,000 yuan ($250) a year and rarely leave their village...
...took 11 samples from the villagers, but could afford to test only six of them, with 1,600 yuan ($200) out of his own pocket. All were positive for HIV. But Henan health officials, reluctant to expose an outbreak that originated in a government-sponsored program, were slow to respond and refused to allow Gui to return to the villages. So he and three students sneaked back in during a long weekend holiday when he knew the gatekeepers might be off duty. For three days he went house to house, collecting samples, counseling patients and explaining how the virus...
...evening’s program included an oration by Dean of the Harvard College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and a showcase of the virtuoso skill of piano soloist Wei-Jen Yuan ’06, before finally allowing the orchestra to come into their own. Under the direction of Dr. James Yannatos, the HRO passionately performed popular but stylistically diverse orchestra favorites, including Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1,” and Igor Stravinsky?...
...true highlight of the evening came later, in Yuan’s expert performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1.” Winner of the 2005 HRO Concerto Competition, Yuan played not only emotionally and intensely, but also interacted well with the orchestra as a whole. Yuan most successfully complemented the orchestra’s music during the many cadenzas, when his improvised flourishes fully showcased his talent...
...written after Pearl Harbor was attacked, resonates with patriotism. The piece includes quotes from Abraham Lincoln’s writings that will be narrated by Dean of Harvard College Benedict H. Gross ’71 as Copland’s music plays in the background. Wei-Jen Yuan ’06, the winner of this year’s HRO Concerto Competition, will be playing Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1.” Many of the HRO members agree that the audience will be dazzled with Yuan’s musical talent...