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...basic army training was nowhere near as hard as my tennis workout," says Peer, who, even at age 6, would roll out of bed at 5 a.m. to hit the courts. At 5 ft. 7 in. (1.74 m) and 132 lbs. (60 kg), she admits she isn't "physically huge," but she makes up for it in speed. Off court, she paces restlessly, as if she can't wait to get back to devouring opponents...
...richest men in China. He founded his company, now a huge conglomerate, in the early 1990s, with three friends from Shanghai's Fudan University. Today, like so many successful Chinese businessmen of his generation, he seems preternaturally calm when talking about why he believes the future is going to look a lot like the present: new houses go up, new houses get bought, more new houses...
...insistence become obvious. Theoretically, migrant workers are supposed to receive some health-insurance benefits from the companies that hire them. But many, particularly day laborers who hook up with small contractors, do not. I spent one evening a few months ago in the emergency room of the huge, modern hospital in New Songjiang. In the space of about three hours, five construction workers were admitted, including one who had tumbled three stories from an apartment building under construction. He survived, but had broken his back. I asked two of his co-workers whether he thought the company they worked...
...able to come in here in somebody else’s barn and win two close games—that’s a huge deal for us,” Cahow said. “I think it’s going to bode well for what we’re going to be able to accomplish at the end of the season...
...public-school teachers give up before they get there. Between a quarter and a third of new teachers quit within their first three years on the job, and as many as 50% leave poor, urban schools within five years. Hiring new teachers is "like filling a bucket with a huge hole in the bottom," says Thomas Carroll, president of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, a Washington-based nonprofit...