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...Katie Ridd, the Demon Deacons’ goalkeeper, is the reigning ACC Player of the Week, following a shutout of No. 13 Duke and after racking up a season-high nine saves against No. 7 North Carolina while allowing only one goal...
...work was seen as part of another alternative birthing method. But in the past three years, there has been a remarkable rise in the demand for their services. Doulas of North America, which trains and certifies doulas, has 3,500 members--up from 750 in 1995, according to Kristi Ridd-Young, DONA's administrative director. "Part of this increase stems from the fact that the consumer is taking birth back into her own hands and wants to be a part of the decision process," says Ridd-Young. "Also, it's a natural instinct to gather the right kind of support...
...rise hotly to the defense of Tarzan, who is not "conventional claptrap" [Aug. 21], but one of the long line of heroes such as Hercules, d'Artagnan and John Ridd, whom most men and boys have always revered and emulated. Who but Tarzan could have remained motionless for ten minutes while a poisonous insect walked over his skin, including his bare eyeball...
...strings of the loom and the knots of the yarn must be very loose, with seven strings to the inch. With the tension of the loom eased, everything then unfolded, and he began his excursion into mysticism. When the rug, with its prediction of World War II, was completed Ridd took it to a connoisseur. The expert refused to believe that Ridd had woven it, and from the design of the work judged it to be from the seventh century of Persian rug-making...
...Ridd says his good health and sound mind at 65 are due to "reaching the utmost power of concentration." He claims that any student can reach the same level, providing he is willing to concentrate fully and open his mind to the revelations (and peace) that will inevitably follow. The Chief emphasizes that he can only show the student the basic techniques of the art, while final achievement rests solely on the individual...