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...doubles point was clinched at No. 3 in thetightest match of the day. Passarella and Tsenghad to go to the 14th game to fend off DamonAccardi and Jeff Martini 8-6. Blake and Majmudartook No. 1 doubles 8-3. There were, however, sometight moments...
Students learn how to channel natural "fight or flight" reactions into swift defensive tactics meant to subdue the bad guy, summoning in a heartbeat what Levine calls a winning warrior spirit. They escape from choke holds and bear hugs, wrestle away weapons, fight on the ground and fend off multiple attackers. Anything goes, including groin kicks, elbow jabs, head butts, hair pulling, biting and eye gouging. "There are no rules," explains Levine, an L.A. County prosecutor and the highest-ranking American instructor in Krav Maga. "If it's illegal in boxing, we're doing...
Rudenstine said in an interview Wednesday thatHarvard would not offer equally lucrative packagesto attract or keep high-profile faculty. Thisstatement contradicts the Times' report that Deanof the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles is building a"war chest" to fend off faculty raids like the onethat netted Barro...
These days the President does not just fend off attacks. He absorbs them and grows stronger. A week ago Sunday night, the White House was braced for its worst week since Monica One. Kathleen Willey's story of Clinton's groping her near the Oval Office was widely known, so the fear was not a matter of new details emerging in her 60 Minutes interview. The fear was of flesh and blood, a soft voice, a string of pearls, downcast eyes, violated modesty, the image of a loyal Democrat who when she was in trouble came one November...
...possibly the most popular man in Arizona, Arpaio has had to fend off those who shoved polls in his face, telling him he was a shoo-in to become the next Governor. "I'm having too much fun as sheriff," he says...