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...hottest sumo wrestler. After a brilliant performance in last month's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament (which included his decisive defeat of Japan's top-ranked wrestler), the Japan Sumo Association promoted the 22-year-old to ozeki, the sport's second-highest rank. The 143-kg former amateur wrestling champ is the first European to hold the title, and he achieved it in just 19 tournaments?the fastest advance in the history of Japan's sacred sport...
...they have their own sense of self and aesthetics, unlike the eager-to-please singbots that roll down the Idol assembly line). Runway, which gives the winner $100,000 seed money and a car, has no financial stake in the winner's future-whereas Idol signs its champ to a contract with its producer-so the judges encourage creative risks, not commercial acceptability. And unlike The Apprentice, it ultimately rewards talent, not backstabbing. (Last season the one designer who played mind games, Wendy Pepper, was roundly defeated in the finale...
Pollinger began racing as a tot. By the time he was six, he was scooting past nine-year-olds to become the U.S. champ. The fleet-footed freshman has flown as far as Germany to compete and has now won 30 championship titles in national contests. Recently, he won the 2005 Men’s Junior 5,000-Meter Race Walk Championships in under 23 minutes...
...frame and chairmanship of the First-Year Social Committee, Pollinger seems like the average freshman. “People know me more as the kid who throws parties than the kid who speedwalks,” he says. Indeed, he technically can no longer claim to be the national champ. After turning 19 in October, he must now compete in the adult men’s bracket against a whole different pool—including his long-time coach...
...with at a national design exposition and participate in a daylong seminar with veterans of the invention field. Four finalists will then be selected to receive cash grants and appear on the History Channel. One of those four will be named the 2006 Modern Marvel of the Year champ and receive a $25,000 grant to help bring the winning product to market...