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...team humor during practice. Ever since Ogunwole’s No. 6 finish at the NCAA championships last seasons, his opponents have continued to wonder where this current All-American hides that funny side in his strapping 285-lb. frame during a match.Ogunwole’s display of strength, versatility, and technique earned him first place in the 285-lb. weightclass at the 25th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas on Saturday, a victory that was even more satisfying given that Ogunwole lost to the same opponent last year in the tournament.But even as he sought revenge, Ogunwole...
...cast of characters from Tim Crouse's lovely book about the 1972 press corps, were in the house - David Broder, Jules Witcover, Hedrick Smith, Carl Leubsdorf. It was Crouse who once described reporters as shy egomaniacs. There was nothing shy about Apple, though, and that was his greatest strength as a journalist. He was the furthest thing from a cynic; he was an utter enthusiast, perpetually amazed and gratified that he'd been allowed to spend his life savoring the feast of public life. "By his standards," Calvin Trillin said, ?nobody worked hard enough." Todd Purdum, the master of ceremonies...
...Gates, 63, made it clear to the senators that he intended to make up his own mind on Iraq. While he agreed with McCain that staying the course in Iraq was unacceptable, he refused to back the Arizona senator's proposal to increase U.S. troop strength in Iraq. When Gates visited the country as part of the Iraq Study Group, he said, all the ground commanders told him they "thought they had adequate troops." Gates quickly added that if confirmed he'd be going back to Iraq to see if he would get "a more candid answer" from ground commanders...
...nightmare scenario is that Hizballah's show of strength could provoke a backlash against its mostly Shi'ite supporters by Lebanon's Sunni Muslim, Christian and Druze communities. If that happens, most Lebanese believe the situation could quickly escalate into all-out civil war. As a river of pro-Hizballah demonstrators flowed toward Siniora's besieged compound last week, poultry seller Ahmad Sahd, 65, wept. "These youngsters didn't live through the civil war. I did. And it looks like it's starting again...
...that link the substances to birth defects, cancer and developmental abnormalities. Those warnings are hotly disputed by the chemical industry and toy manufacturers, which cite stacks of scientific studies that have found the plastics to be safe at federally approved levels. But the issue has gained traction on the strength of new evidence from independent and university-sponsored studies. The European Union has banned some chemicals in toys since 1999, and now half a dozen state legislatures are considering similar laws...