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  1.                                                                                 THE WEEK, Page 21SOCIETY
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  5.     Explaining to the Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun why
  6. he had not been promoted to grand champion, American-born sumo
  7. wrestler Konishiki said, "Strictly speaking, this is racial
  8. discrimination." By week's end, however, the 576-lb. idol
  9. backed down and said his remarks had been "misinterpreted."
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