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...backing of the International Sumo Federation, one of the sport's governing bodies. In New York City last weekend, wrestlers from nine nations, including Georgia and Norway, brawled in the World S.U.M.O. Challenge--Battle of the Giants, kicking off the first North American tour of international sumo and a bid to get the sport into the Summer Olympics...
...rolling towards the goal line.The Crimson players have little time to feel sorry for themselves after the loss to the Tigers. Harvard will host Dartmouth next weekend before closing out the season at Columbia, and the team feels optimistic about its chances of getting an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament if it can win both of those games.“I think they’re going to feel the pain of the loss initially, but then they’re going to see [that] we did things today that were inspiring and motivating—things...
...days and hook up to batteries that store 72 hours' worth of power, ensuring a steady supply. "It was a snap to hook up--no wires, no drilling," says Gerard Cote, spokesman for Downtown Boulder Inc., the business group that footed the bill. The cost was half the competing bid for a conventional wireless system...
...It’s great to know that we could bring down the reigning Ivy leader.” Not only does Princeton sit atop the Ivies, but it could also secure at least a share of the Ivy League title and the league’s NCAA tournament bid with a win tomorrow. The Tigers have won 10 out of the last 11 league championships. The one year they failed? It was 2004, when Harvard took the title and the NCAA bid. During this year’s seven-game skid, the Crimson has lost just two contests...
...propaganda swan-song it will allow him to paint himself in the great tradition of Arab heroes who went down fighting in the face of overwhelming force. But the court proceedings will likely also allow his victims to present their own narrative, which may undermine Saddam's bid for the mantle of Arab martyr...