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...foolish enough to believe that all Iraqi soldiers will be so meek. One day last week a platoon with the 101st Airborne spent the morning learning how to treat massive chest wounds. But even as the soldiers were taught the grim procedures for stopping acute blood loss--apply a tourniquet first; administer fluids afterward--they suffered more from the anxious tedium of waiting for war. Some of the guys got into a separation-of-church-and-state debate; others complained about missing March Madness; some looked forward to this week, when the ammunition arrives and live-fire training begins...
Just as important, most of the foreign imports "are complete players, not specialists," notes Hall of Fame center Bill Walton, now an analyst for ESPN. The Europeans, in particular, are typically taught the basics by iron-willed coaches who have zero tolerance for showboating or big egos. The players learn to handle zone defenses, which, unlike man-to-man, require every player to hit the outside shot. And pressure doesn't faze them...
Hirsch says he first became interested in the subject of freedom songs as a high school student in the late 1980s, when one of his friends, an exiled South African, discussed the oppression in South Africa and taught him some of the songs...
Tarrant says he enjoys seeing the talents of students he’s taught...
They dragged it out of storage and taught themselves how to use it, and the Bow and Arrow Press was born...