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...into a devastating blow. Jujitsu, a system devised by samurai, uses painful holds to force an opponent into submission. But if these seem too belligerent, there is another way - that of aikido. Aikido's founder was Morihei Ueshiba, a compact man who drew on ancient jujitsu styles and began perfecting his art in pre?World War II Japan. It's claimed he once pinned a famous sumo wrestler to the ground using just one finger. While that may be something of a fable, it neatly illustrates aikido's core philosophy - overcoming opponents without doing them dire physical harm...
...Harvard men’s hockey team beat Yale and Princeton this weekend with less-than-perfect efforts. In tonight’s game against No. 1 Boston College, though, the Crimson (2-2-1, 2-2-1 ECACHL) can ill afford any mistakes...
PHILADELPHIA—As junior linebacker and holder Robert Balkema picked up the snap on a fake field goal, bumped into freshman kicker Matt Schindel and then lofted a perfect pass to Bobby Everett, which the senior linebacker took in for a touchdown, the contingent of Harvard fans on hand for the Ivy title bout began to celebrate...
...Congress, Vitter racked up a nearly perfect conservative record, voting with the G.O.P. 99% of the time. He lost his 100% rating from the American Conservative Union when he supported the Medicare prescription-drug benefit, which the group opposed but President Bush backed. He also crusaded against RU 486, the so-called abortion pill, and supported replacing the federal income tax with a flat tax or national sales tax. And even if Vitter was not the favorite politician of Pelican State Republicans, they saw a chance to win Democrat John Breaux's old Senate seat and rallied to his support...
When Kerry got to the House on the Rock resort outside Madison, he found his advance staff had transformed an old machine shed into a near perfect replica of the first debate site, figuring in everything from the lectern specs to the camera angles, even the color of the carpet and the walls...