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...named after the proclamation on that day, Conscious and Verbal, an arrangement he dubs posthumous. Although Murray is well known in Australia, his fame extends far beyond the borders of his beloved nation. His collection Subhuman Redneck Poems received the T.S. Eliot Prize and he has been awarded the Gold Medal for Poetry, presented by Queen Elizabeth. His newest collection shows his scope, depth and maturity as a world-class poet...
...because they make you feel sane and brave by comparison. A rich couple in Coral Gables, Florida, buys gas masks and chemical suits for the whole family; bemused neighbors inquire whether they are designer label. At least one Hollywood celebrity asks his security consultant about liquidating assets and burying gold in his backyard. OUTBREAK TRAINING reads the sign on the door of the Iowa Public Health Department. Smallpox? Or chicken...
Olympic archery gold medalist Kim Kyung Wook knows how demanding her sport can be. But nothing had prepared her for a training session this summer, which had little to do with bows and arrows. In August, coaches forced the nation's top male and female archers to attend a four-day Navy commando training camp at a military base in southwest Korea. Kim easily dealt with hiking along an open sewage ditch, sprinting with a car tire strapped to her back, floating for half an hour in frigid ocean waters and rolling commando-style in mud. But when coaches blindfolded...
...certainly a proud legacy. Because of?or despite?the bizarre training, South Korea dominates international archery. Its women are by far the best in the world, having won every Olympic gold medal?team and individual?since 1984, when the country first competed in Olympic archery. Its men also consistently rank among the top medalists: they took three of the four golds last year in Sydney...
...Beijing championships, the women finished, as usual, in the gold. But so did the men who replaced the suspended archers and hadn't attended the grueling camp. Could that mean snake handling is overrated? No way, says Jung, the women's team coach: "That's like saying you don't need to practice driving because you managed to somehow get a license without studying." Note to next year's team: see you at the crematorium...