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...ordinary residents of Istanbul. He now owns an apartment on Baghdad Avenue, the smartest address in the city, lined with designer shops and sushi bars. And while secularists once made fun of AKP officials for their brown, poorly tailored suits, Eksioglu adopts a cooler style with a fashionably unshaven jaw, shorts and a Led Zeppelin T shirt or, while campaigning, a sharp suit. To the consternation of local secularists, plenty of young, prosperous Turks, who also happen to be religious, are rallying to the AKP. One of the best known cafés in the area, in a former Pasha...
...only battling an injured jaw and an insurgent young rival, but also the recent death of his mother. She died in March after being diagnosed with cancer in 2004. "If I won seven times in a row, I'd be there with [Lance] Armstrong," Kobayashi, 29, said through an interpreter, referring to the seven-time Tour de France winner. "I think that was what was keeping her alive. She had a will to see me." Yet his old exuberance was missing. The injury had prohibited him from eating a hot dog in more than two weeks, which clearly affected...
...eating is a sport - with his strenuous training regimen. Yet the day before he needed to eat at least 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes to have a chance of winning the Super Bowl of eating, the Japanese star with a Hoover for a mouth couldn't open his jaw wide enough to accommodate...
...However, while Kobayashi's torso was primed for dozens of hot dogs, his mouth wasn't. He injured his jaw while training in Japan last month, and visits to scores of doctors failed to produce a conclusive diagnosis. With time of the essence and Kobayashi barely able to open his jaw, he posted a plea on his blog for doctor referrals. As Kobayashi is a national hero in Japan, where competitive eating has been popular for years, his countrymen responded in droves with offers to help. Soon after his posting, Kobayashi had a wisdom tooth pulled and began treatment...
...Compounding Kobayashi's loss, on top of his jaw injury and failure to set a record seventh win, was the fact that this was his first Nathan's contest without his mother. Kobayashi said before wiping tears from his eyes that he wanted to retire when she was diagnosed with cancer, but she pleaded with him to continue doing what he loved. He bought each of them a Live Strong bracelet. He continues to wear...