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...different place." Her daughter Susan, 17, was there with a nightcap over her curlers; her date was there in his dress pants and suspenders. The First Lady was in her robe. "It was just like home. I don't know what the staff must have thought." Betty's bout with breast cancer (and, after leaving the White House, her battle with drug dependency, which led to the foundation of the Betty Ford Center) further endeared her to the public. The fact that she adored her husband - and that he returned the love - made them touchstones of the commonplace...
...impressive margins, the men by a score of 22-5 and the women by a dominant 23-4. The Crimson’s only stumbling blocks came in men and women’s saber. The women eked out a victory after junior Alexa Weingarden won her final bout 5-4, winning the weapon by an identical score. Unlike in many sports, advanced fencers don’t always dominate against lesser opponents. The trouble lies in the fact that lower level fencers do not react in the same way as one might expect...
...Since their last bout ended in August, both Israel and Hizballah have been gearing up for a possible Round 2. Israeli, Arab and Lebanese sources hostile to Hizballah told TIME that the organization has been busy restocking its arsenal with help from Iran and Syria. Hizballah has taken delivery of Syrian-made Katyusha missiles with a range of almost 60 miles, able to strike the Israeli port of Haifa and maybe the northern outskirts of Tel Aviv. The Israeli military estimates that Hizballah's arsenal now has over 20,000 short-range missiles and hundreds of medium-range ones. This...
...biggest challenge. Although the Nittany Lions looked to avenge last year’s 14-13 loss, the team fell a maddening one point short again. With the match in a 13-13 deadlock, both teams watched in suspense as junior epee fencer Benji Ungar’s final bout clinched a Crimson...
...women’s foils collectively made their presence felt, junior saber fencer Alexa Weingarden performed brilliantly, losing only one match all day in a bout against the Nittany Lions—to U.S. Senior National Team member Caitlin Thompson, ranked No. 4 in the world in saber...