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...goal in judo is similar to that in wrestling: outpoint your opponent by outmaneuvering him, or flatten him on the mat for a pin, or ippon. There are a couple of neat options too, such as squeezing the other guy's neck in a choke hold or an armlock until he says uncle. World Wrestling Federation fans, you'll like this...
Jimmy Pedro remembers vividly the first time he found himself second in a judo match, which is to say, the loser. "I didn't know how to deal with a loss; it was like someone shot me. I remember lying on the mat until my father came out and picked me off the floor." He was 11, but he had won a national junior-judo title every year since...
...Please advise Jeanne McDowell that when she reports Laura Schlessinger is a "psychotherapist," she is in error. Even Schlessinger herself, once you pin her to the mat, will admit she holds no degrees in psychotherapy, and is totally unqualified to do anything other than her true calling: lonely hearts columnist...
...match, accusing the show of being rigged. "It felt like a Don King production." Flay says he was given inferior cooking space and equipment. "I cut my finger five minutes in. I got electrocuted four times, and they didn't stop the show. Eventually they brought me a rubber mat so I could stand safely." Flay is a big whiner...
Well, what choice does he have? For the moment, at least, NASDAQ isn't rolling out the welcome mat for most dotcoms, and high-flying Internet IPOs are practically a distant memory. Like his fellow VC wannabes, from buyout king Henry Kravis to anonymous Florida retirees, Newman isn't about to let a little thing like a bear market crush his dreams of jump-starting the next Yahoo and riding it to the bank. Never mind that the vast majority of VC bets have failed or that inexperienced players may have a tough time picking winners in a choppy market...