Word: judo
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...somewhat open to outside reform, the CIA is ever on guard against it. The agency has always been better than the FBI at doing bureaucratic judo, working the press or finding a CLASSIFIED stamp for documents that it may not want to see the light of day. The commission found and disclosed a number of these last week that suggested the CIA was slow to report, if not detect, the jihadist army that was forming on the horizon in the 1990s. The commission reported that though al-Qaeda was formed in 1988, the CIA "did not describe" the organization comprehensively...
Greene seems to leave a lasting impression on anyone he meets. Former schoolmate and current Boston native Dr. Paul Ketro, who stopped by to see Greene’s talk Wednesday night at the Brattle Theatre, laughs as he recalls his old friend constantly practicing judo, a Japanese martial art, and proving he could do a thousand sit-ups during the lunch period in third grade...
...MEANWHILE Strange but True Ever noticed the resemblance between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Dobby the house elf from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? Many Russians have, and they feel Warner Bros., who made the film, modeled the puny elf on judo hard man Putin. Rumors are now swirling that an unnamed Russian law firm is planning to sue for the misuse of the President's image. Maybe Dobby should...
...tomes that explain success in terms of combat and athletic metaphors. "These were people at the top of their game," he writes, "who kept score in their lives and who became successful precisely because they were assertive." They were company presidents, managers, writers. They played sports--baseball, football, rugby, judo--and drew life lessons from them. They believed in the moral value of work. They expected the best of themselves and others (one passenger once went out to lunch and sent his cheeseburger back eight times...
...tomes that explain success in terms of combat and athletic metaphors. "These were people at the top of their game," he writes, "who kept score in their lives and who became successful precisely because they were assertive." They were company presidents, managers, writers. They played sports - baseball, football, rugby, judo - and drew life lessons from them. They believed in the moral value of work. They expected the best of themselves and others (one passenger once went out to lunch and sent his cheeseburger back eight times...