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...That's not at all surprising. Although judo has been part of the Olympics since 1964--nearly 200 countries participate worldwide--in the U.S. it often gets lost in the mishmash of martial-arts schools that teach everything from karate to karaoke. Pedro, 29, the son of a judo instructor, lives in Lawrence, Mass., and competes for the New York Athletic Club, but spends much of his time training in Europe and Japan. "The competition is there," he says. "In France they have 600,000 players actively competing. In the States we have maybe...
Frank: Well, that's exactly the point - when the debates actually happen, none of this nitpicking and needling is going to be remembered. What matters for Bush is how he actually performs in that first face-off (and then the last one), and although he's got a good chance to pull a Reagan on Gore's Carter, ceding ground on substance and winning on style, it's certainly not in his interest to raise expectations of his own chances. Meanwhile, Gore is hyping himself right into a no-win situation...
...While no one knows exactly how much financial damage this summer?s flight fiascos have inflicted on the nation?s businesses, the emotional strain has already begun to show: Employees once slated for frequent travel have begged off their assignments and transferred to desk jobs. And although recent Congressional hearings into air traffic gridlock were useful inasmuch as they highlighted the growing problem, no one expects solutions any time soon. In the meantime, many businesses and individual travelers say they?re abandoning their frequent flyer numbers whenever possible and turning to more dependable modes of transport, like cars, trains...
...used to blow ballast water when surfacing. According to Jane's Fighting Ships, the Kursk normally carries 24 cruise missiles able to deliver either 1,650 lbs. of high explosives or a nuclear warhead a distance of 300 miles, plus as many as 28 torpedoes with similar warhead capability (although the Russians said the Kursk was carrying no nuclear weapons under an agreement with the U.S. that neither side will deploy tactical nuclear weapons...
...Wall Street's enthusiasm for Enron's bold plans, there are still plenty of skeptics. Critics point out that there is barely a market today for the company's bandwidth trading exchange. They also stress that pushing digital signals through pipe is a world away from routing natural gas. Although there is plenty of cable across the country, carriers are not set up to mix and match access to it. "It's a very, very difficult concept," says Nolles. Even the Blockbuster venture is risky: technology aside, there is also the highly political question of digital rights...