Word: rena
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...World Wrestling Federation stripped her of her moniker; the clothes, she took off herself. Last week Rena Mero, the wrestler who can no longer be called SABLE, settled her $110 million lawsuit against the WWF. The blond battle-ax and mother of one had sued the league over her claims that it demanded she bare her breasts and participate in lesbian story lines. Though neither party will divulge the financial details, Mero has agreed to relinquish rights to the name Sable and for the next three years stay out of the ring, where she seems to have few issues with...
...check for all other Pulitzer Prize winners. Having disqualified some entries this year because they were online news efforts, the Pulitzer Board is appointing a committee to decide whether to establish on online journalism category for next year?s awards. One member of that committee is Rena Pederson, vice president/editorial page editor of The Dallas Morning News, which recently made headlines by breaking its exclusive story concerning Timothy McVeigh?s reported admission of guilt to his attorneys on its website before the story was published in its print edition. Gentlemen, start your computers...
BORN: Jan. 8, 1961, Tracy EDUCATION: California State Polytechnic, Pomona, 1979-81 FAMILY: Wife, Annette Rena; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Rancher POLITICAL CAREER: Tracy City Council, 1990-92; U.S. House 1992- ADDRESS: 7527 West Linne Road, Tracy...
...heart. His reasoning: warmth implies vitality; the blood is warm; the heart pumps the blood. By the Middle Ages, though, pretty much everyone agreed that the mind arose from the brain -- but still had no clear idea how it arose. Finally, in the 17th century, the French philosopher Rena Descartes declared that the mind, while it might live in the brain, was a nonmaterial thing, entirely separate from the physical tissues found inside the head. Furthermore, said Descartes in one of history's most memorable sound bites, "Cogito, ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am). His point: consciousness...
...N.B.A. playoff record for most consecutive victories on the road (seven) but also put the Magic in a deep hole out of which no team has ever climbed -- coming back to win the N.B.A. Finals after losing the first two games on its home court. The O in O-rena is supposed to stand for Orlando, or at least O'Neal. Last week it stood for both Olajuwon and the number of Magic victories...