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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Sydney, Pedro and his teammates (including potential medalists Jason Morris, a 1992 silver winner at 81 kg [178 lbs.], Brian Olson at 90 kg [198 lbs.] and Hillary Wolf in the women's 52 kg [115 lbs.]) will be dealing with two distinct judo styles. The traditional Asian approach emphasizes speed and balance in order to knock the other judoka over. "With the Japanese and the Koreans there'll be a lot of space. It's a free-flowing, let's-see-who-can-throw-the-other-guy type of thing," says Pedro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Hope He Chokes | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

...cities. Kemp eventually saw the light too; retired from politics, he sits on Proxicom's board. Currently Fernandez, one of the few prominent Hispanics in the northern Virginia tech community, embodies more than anyone else the dreams of new Washington and the fears of the old. He raises the distinct possibility that political life matters less than it used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Who In Washington, D.C. | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...figure out how much you save by buying two CDs together rather than separately. (The trick is to read the question carefully; the test asks for the discount per CD.) We add up the distinct prime factors of 60. (Remember, distinct means different; the answer is 2+3+5, not 2+2+3+5.) We find the areas of oddly shaped figures. (Ballpark! Eliminate outrageous answer choices...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Points For Sale | 7/28/2000 | See Source »

...These poems are very distinct from other prose poems," Bennett says. "I think these are extraordinarily wide-ranging and suggestive, and fascinating and effective as poems...

Author: By Joshua E. Gewolb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Haviaras Retires After 26 Years as Curator of Poetry Room | 7/14/2000 | See Source »

...onto something. I have been to no place. In 3 1/2 years, my job has taken me to 40 states. Throw out the obvious exceptions--the San Franciscos and Ann Arbors, the Chicagos and Charlestons--and I can count on one hand the places I have any distinct recollection of. The rest is a low-slung, conglomerized blur of obliterated history--of forgotten downtowns ringed by cake-box superstores with aircraft-carrier parking lots and terrific discounts on six-packs of socks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: Fort Madison, Iowa: The Battle of Downtown | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

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