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...struggling to develop a curriculum suitable to the post-cold war era. By doing so, however, they risk losing the very thing that set them apart. Last week a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point acknowledged that the school is no longer a rigid temple of martial arts and science. "I expected a very military environment," says Cadet Jason Squier, a junior from Norwalk, Iowa. "It surprised me that West Point is a lot closer to a civilian college than most people would expect...
...caning proposed is no mere slap on the buttocks. Prisoners are tied down to a wooden trestle and whipped by martial arts experts. The skin breaks with the first stroke of the cane, and within seconds, prisoners usually go into shock from the intense pain. Physical scars always remain...
...first learned about the martial art from a close friend at MIT twelve years ago. Fascinated by its power and grace, he joined the Gin Soon T'ai Chi Club in Boston, where he practices his technique under the instruction of Master Gin-Soon Chu. Master Chu was a student of the famous Grandmaster Yang Shou-chung, the world leader of the Yang School...
...applauds T'ai Chi for its salubrious effects, but emphasizes it as a form of self-defense. "T'ai Chi is often perceived as a health exercise; actually, it was created as a martial...
Behind the scenes, however, Battle often lives up to her martial surname. Divas are expected to be difficult; opera lore is rife with tales of their devouring egos and overweening eccentricities -- not to mention the outrageous quirks of arrogant male singers, especially tenors. But Battle is, according to many who have worked with her, impossible. Fussy, erratic and arbitrary, the headstrong soprano has infuriated colleagues and administrators and crossed swords with functionaries and hapless hoteliers across the globe. The cast of The Daughter of the Regiment applauded when it was told during rehearsal that Battle had been fired...