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Re: yaocho story becoming international

To: Rowan Klein <rklein@surf.its.bond.edu.au>
Subject: Re: yaocho story becoming international
From: Mike Donnelly <mdonnelly@desupernet.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 20:13:50 -0500
Cc: sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu
In-reply-to: <3.0.5.32.20000203082521.0079bb10@surf.its.bond.edu.au>
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At 08:25 AM 2/3/2000 +1100, Rowan Klein wrote:
>http://www.smh.com.au/breaking/0002/03/A62311-2000Feb3.shtml
>
>the yaocho stuff is filling up space in the newspapers in Australia too.
>
>Ex-sumo wrestler sets off media frenzy with bout-rigging
>
>Source: AAP | Published: Thursday February 3, 7:22 AM
>
>TOKYO, Feb 2 - In Japan, the sumo wrestling ring is sacred ground, blessed
>by priests and purified with salt before each bout.

Yeah, that actually hit the papers here locally.  Which is somewhat of a
surprise
as I definitely live in a vacuum of Sumo interest.

References:
- yaocho story becoming international
  - From: Rowan Klein <rklein@surf.its.bond.edu.au>

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