Geometry was the first exciting course I remember.
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Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre.
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The atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity.
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I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure.
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There were only two other Chinese families in this town of 25,000, but to our parents, the determining factor was the quality of the public school system.
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So imagine a world 6 degrees warmer. It's not going to recognize geographical boundaries. It's not going to recognize anything. So agriculture regions today will be wiped out.
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However, when my parents married in 1945, China was in turmoil and the possibility of returning grew increasingly remote, and they decided to begin their family in the United States.
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I performed adequately at school, but in comparison to my older brother, who set the record for the highest cumulative average for our high school, my performance was decidedly mediocre.
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At Rochester, I came with the same emotions as many of the entering freshman: everything was new, exciting and a bit overwhelming, but at least nobody had heard of my brothers and cousins.
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Let me state what the official IPCC prediction is: Sea levels could go up as much as three-quarters of a meter in this century, but there is a reasonable probability it could be much higher than that.
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