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...known as China Beach. When the war was quit and the Americans were gone, nobody, much less Charlie, was borne upon a breaker for a very long time. Then, about a year ago, a sentimental American vet in Hong Kong persuaded a couple of sports promoters to pitch a world-class surfing competition back in the very sea he had assaulted in 1969. Last week it happened. From Australia, Brazil, Tahiti, the U.S. and one or two other points came young hard bodies packing their tools in padded sarcophagi. The boards were put on a bus in Ho Chi Minh...
...from entering clubs and bars. It's not out of the ordinary for an Indian banker to be denied a flat for rent on the grounds that the landlord doesn't want his property to smell like curry. "This has been going on too long in a city with world-class aspirations," says David O'Rear, chief economist of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, which sat in during the drafting of the law. "It was getting embarrassing...
...hours into Boston, to return refreshed and with a little perspective. Whether I was riding the T to the end of the line just to see what was there (not much), shopping on Newbury Street or lining up for student rush tickets at Jordan Hall to see world-class musicians perform, the feeling of returning to campus after a few hours’ respite always surprised me. Without leaving, it is difficult to see outside of the day-to-day workings of college life and easy to become trapped in what we so affectionately call the “Harvard...
...sport was 10 years ago," he says. "Yes, it's violent. But so is pro football and boxing. There are plenty of violent sports out there. These guys aren't walking out of a bar into the cage. They're walking out a gym into a cage. They are world-class athletes...
...would say marketable skills, but this is Harvard, where everyone’s roommate is secretly a world-class violinist. Besides, celebrity entails something else besides excellence. Professor Steven Pinker may be eminent in his field, but he would be just another distinguished professor without his distinctive hairstyle...