Word: valentiner
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...Ungar was the 2006 national champion in the men’s epee. He trained for the Olympic team last year, but placed third when only the top two men were granted spots on the team. He is joined by freshman James Hawrot and junior Karl Harmenberg.Freshman Valentin Staller is expected flourish with the men’s sabre with lots of experience on both the international and national fencing circuits. Seniors Craig Gorin and Scott DiGiulio also have high expectations in the weapon.High expectations abound for co-captain Kai Itameri-Kinter—who placed sixth at NCAAs...
Since the 1990s, popular Mexican singers have been increasingly crooning about Kalashnikovs and cocaine alongside their traditional ballads of hard work and lost love. Take "Contraband in the Border" by Valentin Elizalde, one of the thousands of drug ballads or narco corridos that are played in cantinas and parties from the mountains of Mexico to the immigrant ghettos of Los Angeles. "There was a big shoot-out/With 14 bullet-filled bodies/And the American government,/took away the marijuana" go the lyrics, as tubas and accordions drone out the melody to the rhythm of a German polka. In November...
...Valentin Fulga dropped out of medicine twice to pursue more-challenging research, but now it looks as though his change of heart could result in saving the lives of thousands--perhaps millions--of cardiac patients. Dr. Fulga, 47, is the scientific brain behind a new treatment for heart disease that is exciting the medical world even though it has yet to undergo full clinical testing...
Homegrown When it comes to total brand awareness, Russian consumers are loyal to two local talents: Vyacheslav Zaitsev and Valentin Yudashkin. Although they both produce ready-to-wear and haute couture collections, Yudashkin is perhaps the closest thing Russia has to an international fashion celebrity, with shows in Paris, a boutique on one of Moscow's best-known streets, and lines of jeans, porcelain, fine jewelry and sunglasses...
...What do you think about the recent doping scandals in cycling? Do they affect the tennis world in any way? -Andres Valentin, Madrid For one, tennis is a much cleaner sport than cycling. Cycling has seen a lot of people involved in doping recently. I think in general this is negative for the image of all sports, and anytime something like this happens, all athletes are damaged...