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The piece says that "the future of gender-integrated training in the military is on the ropes."
Most of Higashi-Honganji is closed to the public, but the main hall and founder’s hall, rebuilt in 1895 after repeated fires, are notable for the rather gross ropes of human hair fashioned from donations by female worshippers to haul the temple’s pillars into position.
But ropes are a major cause of death and injury in boxing: Fighters hyperextend their necks when they are punched against the ropes, because nothing stops their heads from snapping back.
One limestone mogote just west of town was painted by workmen dangling on ropes in the 1960s with a Mural de la Prehistoria (Mural of Prehistory) — commissioned by Castro himself — that is 120 meters (370 feet) high and 180 meters (550 feet) long.
The NYT 's Ventura effort is accompanied by a color picture of the governor-elect trouncing a previous opponent--in 1985, by stomping him into the ropes.