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Workshop teaches women how to use wits, unusual weapons in self-defense

...can simulate a human eye as an aid to help the squeamish prepare for blinding a rapist. "Self-defense is just using your wits and using what's available to you," said Diana Stevens, the workshop's instructor. Being aware of your surroundings and...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/102103/loc_selfdefense.shtml
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Juneau Empire Online Archive Frontiers News: Matching wits with critters 3/29/98

Archives Back to archive page Home Sunday, March 29, 1998 Matching wits with critters Last modified at 11:24 a.m. on Sunday, March 29, 1998 By JULIE TITONE THE IDAHO SPOKESMAN-REVIEW...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032998/trapper.html
Angoon puts Haines away 98-64, advances to title game

...Angoon's speed and quickness, and Haines' inability to stop it.As Angoon's Clayton Edwin streaked towards center court wit the ball, Ben Egolf reached for a steal. Edwin deftly moved out of the way, Egolf stumbled and fell into his teammate Kevin...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-22/angoon-puts-haines-away-98-64-advances
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Pixar's sort of brave new movie

...My Neighbor Totoro" and "Spirited Away" are amazing and feature girl protagonists who get into adventures and use their wits to get out of trouble. They're not princesses either. And in my experience, boys watch those films with just as much enthusiasm...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-07-05/pixars-sort-brave-new-movie
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New film presents an Alaska Alaskans might relate to

...businesses for food, lodging, equipment, vehicles, shipping and travel. They will shoot a story of young woman who will use her wits to overcome obstacles and discover her true self and strength. Above all, they will present Alaska as more than a place simply...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-08-29/new-film-presents-alaska-alaskans-might-r
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Harborview student takes top speller spot

...other district students in the district-wide spelling bee.Cagney Ramirez will head to Anchorage in March to battle spelling wits against about 200 other Alaska students.Two students from each elementary school in the district, along with the Montessori...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-02-09/harborview-student-takes-top-speller-sp
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'On the Ice': Powerful storytelling

...to be Barrow. The Inupiat have thrived on the continent's icy edge - a place where most mortals would wither - using their wits, strength, courage and knowledge passed down. It's a way of life that has worked just fine for millenia. Perhaps though...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-02-16/ice-powerful-storytelling-clint-j-farr
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Solo living book 'Going Solo' challenges ideas about family life

...Brown's "Sex and the Single Girl." Klinenberg quotes her on the new young woman:"She is engaging because she lives by her wits. She is not a parasite, a dependent, a scrounger, a sponger or a bum. She is a giver, not a taker, a winner and not a...

http://juneauempire.com/carl-hartman/2012-02-09/solo-living-book-going-solo-chal
Overstreet leaves a legacy as Juneau champion

...golf game, Grummett and others were impressed with his quick wit and humor."He was one of those individuals that could walk...He was as honest as could be."Much of Overstreet's quick wit was channeled into keeping the Capitol in Juneau."His shining...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-10/overstreet-leaves-legacy-juneau-champio
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Battle of the wits rages on the North Slope

Wildlife researcher Stacia Backensto uses guile and concealment when monitoring her avian subjects - common ravens - on Alaska's North Slope.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/122604/sta_20041226003.shtml
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