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No time to rest for service academies' best

By Chris Preston
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Just days after completing his junior year of college, Ryan Harrison boarded a plane for China, where for a month he learned Chinese culture and Mandarin Chinese through a language immersion training program at Nanjing University. A foreign area studies major and Chinese minor, Harrison was able to earn course credits for his Far Eastern expedition. Harrison also found time during his stay to fit in the obligatory sightseeing tour, visiting the Great Wall of China and feasting his eyes on the gl ...

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