Word: neck
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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...
GENE THERAPY WITH A TWIST Scientists have used a genetically modified cold virus, Onyx-015, to battle head and neck cancer. While traditional gene therapy aims to replace defective genes, Onyx-015 trades on the genetic difference between cancerous and normal cells to hunt and kill only the cancer. In a study, 63% of 30 patients who received Onyx-015 along with chemotherapy saw their tumors shrink by at least half. After five months, none of the tumors had grown back. Doctors hope that Onyx-015 will also prove effective against ovarian, pancreatic and other aggressive cancers...
Swimming is a solo sport. Sure, there are relay teams, but the glory is in personal triumph, as in the indelible image of all those gold medals dangling from Mark Spitz's neck...
...talked baseball. He showed Laura feeding him cake at their wedding. He took us out for a drive. He hung out in the yard with us. Knowing his greatest political asset is likability, he gave us that and more, all but offering the American people a frosty cold long-neck...
...schools to assign more and more homework. Grade-school children now average well in excess of two hours of homework a night, compared with 85 minutes in 1981, according to the University of Michigan. Last year the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons reported that thousands of kids have back, neck and shoulder problems from lugging heavy backpacks. At Beacon the books stay at school; each day Annie carries only her bright blue lunchbox...