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...mats, members of the wrestling team use their strength, smarts and passion to pin down those less talented in wrestling. Off the mats, they use the same skills to lift those less fortunate in life. For the past two years, the Harvard wrestling team has been spending its Saturday mornings helping local people in need by volunteering at the food pantry located in St. Paul Church in Harvard Square. It is there that they spend three to four hours, beginning at around 9:30 a.m., working with other volunteers to supply the needy citizens of the area with food...
...well below internationally acceptable levels. (China has lost eight rockets in 80 launches.) The most recent humiliation for Japan was an aborted launch of two spy satellites in 2003, when one of the flagship H-2A rockets' two boosters failed to separate from the main rocket shortly after lift-off. JAXA president Tachikawa admits this mixed record is a large stumbling block. "There are people who think that a manned Japanese rocket is not worth the risk," he says. "The only way to make them change their minds is to increase the trust in our rockets. We have to show...
...young couple photographs each other in front of it, beer cans in hand. The Dikii family, visiting from Tambov, Russia, stops to talk to the policeman at the tomb. "So is he going to be buried?," the father, Vladimir, asks. With a laugh, the policeman explains that a hydraulic lift lowers the corpse into the ground every night to keep it cool. The family is impressed. They are all for keeping Lenin where he is. "He turned the country upside down," Vladimir says. "People want to have a look...
...more to Pernod Ricard's global revenues, reaching about $7 billion in 2004 sales. Says Bord: "Premium is growing in all categories" --one reason Pernod Ricard decided to ride the industry's wave of consolidation and, in the process, doubled its U.S. sales. Pernod thinks it can lift sales growth of the acquired brands--including Malibu, Kahlua, Ballantine's and Beefeater--from 3% to match the 9% rate Pernod is getting out of the rest of its portfolio...
...probably possible to lead an inactive life and still experience healthy aging, but it isn't likely. Almost all the healthy seniors I know were physically active throughout life, and many of them still are. They walk, dance, play golf, swim, lift weights, do yoga...