Word: taekwondo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...killing of Thomas Youk, 52, on 60 Minutes last week had the familiar dramatic arc of an infomercial. Act I presents the vexing problem--baldness, cellulite or, in this case, Youk's advanced-stage Lou Gehrig's disease. In Act II the host touts a miracle solution--hair transplants, Taekwondo or a shot of heart-stopping potassium chloride. In the final act come the gushing testimonials. Youk couldn't play the role of satisfied customer himself--by Act III he was dead--but his wife Melody stepped in. "I don't consider it murder," she told the viewers at home...
...Robert Livingston of Louisiana also has a black belt in Taekwondo and an instinct for the kill. If he's in a better position than his Republican competitors to nab the speakership, it's because Gingrich himself gave him a head start. In February the 55-year-old Livingston told colleagues that should Gingrich run for President in 2000, he wanted to take over. Four years earlier, Gingrich had handpicked Livingston--at the time the fifth-ranking Republican on the Appropriations Committee--to become the panel's chairman. Livingston ultimately used this perch of patronage to knife his benefactor: wielding...
...wallop of a workout. Scott Gutman, a wannabe Krav Maga instructor, trains at the center four hours a day, six days a week and says he has lost 35 lbs. in a month (all the way down to 245). Linda Siegel, 42, a nurse with a black belt in Taekwondo, says she comes for the fast-paced, hard-hitting workouts...
...come to campus intent on being active in the SAA. Nor did she plan to be a mover-and-shaker in the ethnic studies debate. Her first forays into extracurricular life were in the Mozart Society Orchestra, where she was a violist, and the ATA Taekwondo Club. Both were continuations of activities she pursued in high school...
Several members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Taekwondo Club competed in the American Taekwondo Association (ATA) New England Championships April 30, in Tewksbury, Massachusetts--and nearly all returned with some hardware to show for their efforts...