When did the family return to China?
The family returned
to China in 1948, just in time for the final stages of the communist revolution.
within How long he could read the local newspapers?
Within a year he
could read the local newspapers.
My dream life will be to live in a remote Tibetan valley in a building that had a magnificent library.
Trouble came quickly. I do not take to
declensions. They in turn do not take to me. The “ders” and “dens” and “dems” violated my
sense of disorder, so I took to another kind of disorder, missing classes (except Chinese and
literature), spending my time in Boston’s used book stores and other unseemly joints.
She is a toady in our company, and a previous colleague who was a lower-tier employee (assistant) complained that she had bullied by her.
Stop Procrastinating
By 1958 David was inducted into Harvard’s Society of Fellows, the most admired honor a
young scholar could hope to receive.