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...ready to start his global journey years ago. Chinese officials, however, were hesitant. "They knew he would play in the U.S. eventually," says Ronzone, now director of international scouting for the Detroit Pistons. "But you have to understand, they're a proud people, and he's a national treasure. They wanted him playing at home until they understood the American landscape." In 2001 the Chinese sports authorities allowed two accomplished but lesser players, Mengke Bateer and Wang Zhizhi, to test the NBA waters. Meanwhile, Chinese officials huddled with international scouts to determine whether Yao would be the top pick...
...first Beanpot championship some 50 years ago this year,” said Veneziano. “Now we’ve won the first Burger Pot championship too. We’re quite proud...
...incredibly proud I am to have been presented with this little pot,” Huston said. “To put what? Oatmeal? Mustard...
...have complained that the IOP’s programming is imbalanced, not offering enough for Harvard students while organizing too many speeches and formal events that emphasize what the Crimson editorial board has objected to as “the shallow side of politics.” We are proud of the content and value of our speaker series and events, as well as the other programming we currently offer, ranging from an annual study of college student attitudes to a civics teaching program for local middle schools. But we also constantly seek to broaden our scope, and this...
...those undulating dragons you see in Chinese New Year’s celebrations. The parade marched by, circled the block and marched by again, the children bouncing their trash-bag puppets and their cardboard boats and waving their Chinese dragon. We clapped and they grinned at us, proud. Seen in the light of day, or by anyone with an ironic bent, the cardboard boat and the puppets and the dragon would have seemed bedraggled, pathetic—but on New Year’s Eve, under streetlights blurred by a scrim of drizzle, their innocence made them seem vulnerable, like...