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...Trim and muscular, Porto became national champion in her weight class. And on July 14, she will make her international debut in Los Angeles at the Fatal Femmes Fighting championship, where she will square off against other women competitors from around the world. Nevertheless, she is growing tired of her female opponents. She has offered to take on the best male Vale Tudo fighter in the country. "The rules won't permit it, of course," said Costa, adding that women have been involved in Vale Tudo since about 2003. "But she's totally serious about taking...
Nowadays travel is accessible to most everyone, and the current boom in the luxury-goods business has given Samsonite reason to revisit its roots. When shopping for Black Label Couture, customers can choose the lining, trim, hardware and thread that will be used to make their bags--a total of more than 2,000 different possible combinations, including unconventional materials like velvet, alligator and patent leather. With the aid of computer technology, sales associates can show customers what their creation will look like as they style it. Depending on the materials and style, prices range from...
...campaign that has thus far consisted largely of high-minded rhetoric about the need for a new kind of politics. This week, for instance, he announced a detailed health-care plan that he contends will provide coverage for nearly all the 47 million Americans who lack it and will trim the average family's health-care costs by as much as $2,500 a year. But it fell short of meeting the universal-health-care goal that has become the Democratic Party's rallying...
...secret: alcohol. "I enjoy drinking," says Okamura, who still has the posture of the middle school principal he once was. "Shochu, whatever. If it's alcoholic, I'll drink it." It appears to be working: At 90, the bantam-sized Okamura is still fit for his age and trim everywhere but in the ear lobes. While the other residents in the Yairo-en Special Nursing Home's gleaming rec room watch high-school baseball on TV, Okamura passes the time playing piano, pausing only to pose for a photo. "I look good," he says. "I feel good. It's great...
...rally, netting his first goal of the day in transition off a quick pass from Cohen to make the score 8-3 with 11:51 remaining in the game. A faceoff win by Flood quickly led to freshman attackman Jason Duboe netting his 11th goal of the season to trim the deficit to four.Four minutes later, the Crimson struck again in rapid succession. After Cohen netted his second goal of the day with 6:43 remaining, Flood won the faceoff, and a minute later Calvert put in his second of the day.Suddenly, Harvard was down just three...