Word: zang
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Five freshmen competed for the Nickerson Trophy over the weekend, earning ninth with consistent showings in the A and B divisions. Ryan Byrne and Alma Lafler manned the A boat throughout the 14-race competition, while skipper Sam Millham paired with crews Sarah McCuskee and Jinyan Zang...
First-years skipper Sam Millham and crew Jinyan Zang finished 10th in the A-division of racing, while fellow rookies skipper Nick Waldo and crew Lauren Tiedemann placed eighth in the B-division...
Senior Alex Bick skippered the A boat, which placed 17th out of 22 competing boats. Sophomore Julia van der Vink served as his crew for the first seven races, with freshman Jin Zang stepping in for the final race...
...Zang Lifang is hardly alone. Guangdong authorities say that more than 12 million of the province's 30 million migrant workers were forced to stay in the cities where they work because of the transportation chaos caused by some of the worst storms in a century. Last month, heavy snow and ice blocked major highways, toppled power lines, and hobbled rail traffic, leaving more than half a million homeward-bound migrants stranded outside the Guangzhou train station...
...ease pressure on the stricken transport system, Guangdong authorities encouraged migrant workers to spend their holiday in the province. Still, millions still tried to make the journey. For many, like Zang, that proved impossible. His employer, the Hengda Real Estate Group, says about 3,000 of the 10,000 migrants it employs in Guangdong stayed behind over the holiday. Li Xiao, the company's Guangdong general manager, says Hengda will spend $300,000 over the next week to offer banquets, parties and outings for its workers. "They have helped make us rich," Li says. "We have to look...