President Clinton & sumo

["L. Roosen-Runge" <lrr@discovery.ca>]

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> [www.netcom.com | Nation]
> 
> 04/21/96 - 08:40 PM ET - 
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> Slightly off center . . .
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> Clinton jazzed by sumo wrestlers
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> President Clinton's Japan summit was seen by many as historic and
> far-reaching. But the weighty matter that seems to have piqued
> Clinton's interest the most was a meeting at a luncheon Thursday
> with two renowned sumo wrestlers. Clinton met Akebono, a U.S.
> citizen who grew up in Hawaii, and Musashimaru at a lunch hosted in
> Tokyo by Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. Aides said
> Clinton was visibly excited, even calling first lady Hillary Rodham
> Clinton over to meet them. Akebono, a former college basketball
> player, gained 240 pounds to wrestle, Clinton said. Musashimaru was
> a 300-pound high school football player who gained 130 pounds,
> though Clinton believes "he still has a high center of gravity."
> Clinton said Hashimoto's description of what sumo wrestlers eat was
> "in-con-ceivable!" Their main diet: chanko, a high-calorie stew of
> meats, fish and sausage.
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Lisa Roosen-Runge  	          lrr@discovery.ca