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China hopes to attract more US college students
AP Education WriterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP -- China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004. But even before the 2008 Games, China was already...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Summer Olympics, Multi-Sport Events, Purdue University, Teaching and Learning
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Griffith Family Pushes for Park's Status as Historic Monument
Asked an opinion of his native Los Angeles -- where he lived for four decades before fleeing up the coast 15 years ago -- Griffith Van Griffith's mind goes to gridlocked streets, overflowing high-rises and urban unrest.
"I think about the millions of...Tags: Tom LaBonge, Vehicles, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Mark Harmon, Tourism and Leisure
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AACC promising an eclectic season
Special to The SunThis season, Anne Arundel Community College will continue its tradition of offering performing arts events that range from Broadway musical favorites to dramas to operas sung in English, from orchestral and jazz concerts to classical, jazz and tap dance....Tags: Dancing, Damon Runyon, Gian Carlo Menotti, Tennessee Williams, Colleges and Universities
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Religion Digest
The Baltimore First Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3291 St. Johns Lane, Ellicott City, will open its new sanctuary Saturday. A service will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A fellowship dinner is planned from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., and the...Tags: Judaism, People, Isabella Rossellini, Ellicott City, Brunch
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Singles
Singles Thursday Changing Focus This support group for separated or divorced adults meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Faith Lutheran Church, 8 Sherwood Road, Cockeysville. A group also meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Prince of Peace Presbyterian Church,...Tags: Sociology, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Society, Gardens and Parks, Viniculture
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Respect called key to school safety
Sun reporterAfter several well-publicized violent incidents last school year, Baltimore's teachers got a lesson on how building stronger relationships with their students reduces the chance of classroom disruption and increases achievement. "When students have...Tags: Morgan State University, National or Ethnic Minorities, Health and Safety at School, Minority Groups, Teaching and Learning
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Drinking with your children
The news this week that more than 100 college presidents, including top university officials in Maryland, want the legal drinking age of 21 to be reconsidered has sent shock waves through the state and college campuses nationwide. Opponents in Maryland...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Family, Swimming, Health and Safety at School
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Paternalism works in schools
Seated at a solitary desk in the hall outside a classroom, the slender 13-year-old boy with a smile like a sunrise earnestly does remedial algebra, assisted by a paid tutor. She, too, is 13. Both wear the uniform –– white polo shirt, khaki...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Charter Schools, Martin Luther King Jr., Teaching and Learning, Examinations
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China's 1st leader after Mao
The Washington PostBEIJING — Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong as China's Communist Party leader for a short period before being brushed aside by economic reformers 30 years ago, died Wednesday afternoon in the Chinese capital, state media reported. He was 87....Tags: Beijing Games, Parties and Movements
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What's the buzz? Be smart if drinking's part of doing business
The banquet in China was in her honor so Stacie Berdan couldn't refuse the mao-tai, a potent drink with a drop of snake blood, when presented to her. "It burns as you drink it. It tastes like rubbing alcohol," says Berdan, who co-wrote the book Get Ahead...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Beverage Industry
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2008 Theater Guide: Bard, 'Boys' Highlight Fall Season
Courant Staff WriterPremieres from Athol Fugard and Paula Vogel, a new production from theater guru Peter Brook and a visit by the those popular "Jersey Boys" are just some of the many highlights of an exceptional theater season in Connecticut. Let the games begin The...Tags: Brendan Behan, Hartford Stage, Christmas, Peter Brook, Public Holidays
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Rogers Bringing His Hip Hybrids To Falls Village
Ideas hatched under the thatched roof of a hut in a rural West African village fuel the imagination of David Rogers, a creative, questing saxophonist/composer with an ecumenical worldview of music. A visionary and native of America's heartland, Rogers,...Tags: Music Industry, University of Michigan, Country Music, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jorge Luis Borges
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