Word: martial
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...PROTOCOL OF DEATH IN COMMUNIST regimes has traditionally been as elaborate as those of the empires that preceded them. So when Chen Yun died at 89 last Monday, the citizens of Beijing braced themselves for the usual run of lowered flags, martial music, and long paeans to his revolutionary contributions. After all, Chen ranked second only to Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping in China's pantheon of post-Mao leaders, and the two were often viewed as fierce rivals...
...emphasizes very easy basic techniqueswhich are very easy to learn. Any average womancan go through the program. It's not martial artsbased. There isn't any phenomenal skill that isneeded," said Sheri L. lachetti, co-founder ofRAD...
...more vociferous than ever. If the Tibetans escalate their fight in a lastchance response (and here timing in post-Deng China would be critical), the effects would easily spill into neighboring regions. The very stability that China has been emphasizing over the past two years will unravel. Remember: martial law was imposed on Tibet three months before Tiananmen Square...
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Cool costumes, flexible martial arts. Actually, that wouldn...
...messages of social renewal sprinkled throughout the script, there is equal kowtowing to the god of glamourized violence. The same target audience that engages in bar fights and beat their wives are also being entertained by the Van Damme-styled fight scenes replete with tough talk and tightly choreographed martial arts maneuvers. For beefy guys who supposedly sit around and drink five or six liters of beer in a sitting, all this activity is especially impressive...