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...diabetes patients. And last month, Kahn was awarded the first annual Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research for the extensive work he has done “from the discovery of alterations in insulin binding in the disease state to the generation of tissue-specific insulin receptor knockout mice,” according to the foundation’s Web site...
...little…light in the skills department, and the pair of them have looked spent for coupla weeks now.” “Hit ’em!” “What’s that, Karl?” “Knockout punch. Has that blowhard Biden ever been seen with an infant not his own—non-white, preferably?” “Come on, Turd Blossom, that trick only works once a decade. Voters are getting sick and tired; hell, it’s starting to look...
...dramatic dancer. Leningrad's Kirov Ballet, which has just finished its first North American tour in 22 years, is full of talent, but the great ovations have gone to Altynai Asylmuratova, 25, an exotic beauty blessed with a perfect line and the more elusive qualities of gentle lyricism and knockout sexual allure. Still to come is Sylvie Guillem, 21, of the Paris Opera Ballet, which arrives next month on its first U.S. visit since 1948. Guillem stands out with a sensational, long- limbed body and a cool, thoroughly modern wit. In alphabetical order, then, to avoid billing squabbles, portrait sketches...
...emergent sport of chess-boxing, competitors alternate between 3-min. rounds of boxing and 4-min. rounds of speed chess, with 1-min. breaks in between to take the gloves off, etc. The winner is determined by knockout, checkmate or referee decision. Ada Calhoun spoke via translator with the 2008 World Champion Chessboxer, Russian math student Nikolaj Sazhin, 19, who won the light-heavyweight division in Berlin on July 5 after seizing his punch-drunk opponent's queen in the fifth round of chess...
...Holland, in the meantime, bagged the trophy as the most disappointing team in Euro 2008. Holland pulled what might once have been called a Spain: A team that dazzled in the opening three matches forgot its trick bag in the knockout round against an equally fleet-of-foot Russia. It was a terrible thing to do to the Oranje supporters, still Europe's best. But they had a good time anyway, even the thousands who invaded Switzerland without a ticket. Following on the tradition established at the World Cup in Germany, the packed Fan Zones in the host cities - Zurich...