Yukie Hanue is considered by many (1)..........(be) the finest violinist of her generation - and she's still in her twenties. When we visited her, in the music department of the University of New York, she was too busy practicing (2).........(talk), but

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Yukie Hanue is considered by many (1)..........(be) the finest violinist of her generation - and she's still in her twenties. When we visited her, in the music department of the University of New York, she was too busy practicing (2).........(talk), but she invited us (3)..........(have) a coffee with her in the mid morning break. Astonishingly, she manages (4).........(combine) her PhD at the university with international concerts and recitals, numerous public appearances and interviews. She evidently thrives on the workload, buzzing around the place with an industrious enthusiasm that leaves us all breathless. Her fame as a performer means (5)...........(make) regular appearances at high profile events.

Last month, for example, she agreed (6).........(appear) in a series of

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recitals organized by Coca-Cola. This involves (7)...........(travel) to far-flung places like Seoul, Oslo and Montevideo on successive days, a schedule which would have caused any normal person to wilt. «I can't stand (8).......... (do) nothing,» she says. «I happen (9)........(have) a particular talent, and it would be wasteful not (10)............(exploit) it to the full.>> I encouraged her (11)....... (tell) me about her upbringing, but she was rather reticent to sing her own praises. I did, however, succeed in persuading her (12) (confess) to a secret desire. «If I hadn't been a musician, I would have lived to train (13)...........(become) a martial arts expert,>> she says. Certainly, she would have had the discipline, but I couldn't imagine someone so physically frail actually (14).......(stand) there hitting someone. But it was an interesting revelation, and one that I was (15)...........(learn) more about during my day with her.