Mixed martial arts may be drawing bigger audiences now, but unlike boxing, Acunto says, it's not a sport.

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But at least one poster saw some logic in the IOC's popularity reasoning, and pointed at mixed martial arts, the combination of boxing, wrestling and martial arts that is drawing legions of new fans.

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He won a scholarship to Willesden School of Arts and Crafts where he studied drawing and lettering.

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The gilded NoMad, drawing design inspiration from its 1905 Beaux-Arts structure and designer Jacques Garcia's former Paris apartment, boasts a Parisian-style restaurant flowing into the lobby of the hotel and furniture modeled after French originals.

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The videogame industry could be an important area for growth, drawing on the city's strengths in the arts, media and entertainment.

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Drawing on the meditative traditions of Buddhism and Taoism, combined with deep-breathing and martial-arts exercises, it may seem somewhat cranky to non-adherents, and no doubt it has attracted its share of charlatans and crooks.

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