Word: duelist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chambre is no mean fencer but has not the habit of a duelist. However, it seemed to him last week that this challenge was somehow mixed up with the innocence of the entire Daladier Cabinet, the honor of French politics and maybe with the Stavisky Case. It might settle the whole issue of "manifestants" and "assassins" as against "rioters" and "statesmen." He read the card: "Jacques Renouvin, Avocat." Then he sent out his seconds...
...duelists stand a sabre's length apart, stripped to the buff. At the side of each is a second. Doctors and corporation officials are present; fellow members sit about drinking beer and watching the "fun." About the middle of each duelist is fastened a protective pad, about each throat a thick scarf to prevent severance of the jugular vein. Over the eyes are placed wire mesh goggles; a steel snout protects the nose. The duelists' prime targets are one another's cheeks and forehead...