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Students learn how to channel natural "fight or flight" reactions into swift defensive tactics meant to subdue the bad guy, summoning in a heartbeat what Levine calls a winning warrior spirit. They escape from choke holds and bear hugs, wrestle away weapons, fight on the ground and fend off multiple attackers. Anything goes, including groin kicks, elbow jabs, head butts, hair pulling, biting and eye gouging. "There are no rules," explains Levine, an L.A. County prosecutor and the highest-ranking American instructor in Krav Maga. "If it's illegal in boxing, we're doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Choke! Gouge! Smash! | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

Detroit (Worrell 1-3) at Seattle (Swift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL | 5/1/1998 | See Source »

...employment as a result of the enforcement of this Code." This provision shows that the Code is in fact accounting for concerns such as the ones Ahsan expresses, in a manner more feasible than his own suggestions. We once again urge members of the Harvard community to support the swift adoption of a strong Code of Conduct. DANIEL M. HENNEFELD '99 April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Child Labor Claims Invalid | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

Cincinnati (Burba 1-0) at Colorado (Swift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL | 4/22/1998 | See Source »

...swift military victory in the Six-Day War of 1967 evoked unruly territorial appetites and an obsession with holy sites. The Old Man, well into his 80s, raised his voice for the last time. Keep Jerusalem undivided, he said, but otherwise we must suppress our yearnings for the newly gained regions; we must relinquish them in return for peace. The October War of 1973 came as a nemesis, a harsh slap of reality, undoing the post-1967 Israeli arrogance and moral callousness. Ben-Gurion died a few weeks after that war, while a wounded, deflated Israel was mourning its heavy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Ben-Gurion | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

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