Word: duels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into this duel that the President of the U.S. stepped with an intuition about politics in 1954 which both parties could profit by. Dwight Eisenhower believes firmly in party responsibility, but, said he, the times are too perilous for extreme partisanship. Moreover, the people of the U.S. know the difference between political wild-talk and fact, and are likely to elect and re-elect on the basis of performance...
Starting for the Crimson in the foil match are Paul Forand, Walt Rawls, Stove Schneider, and Cliff Thompson, in a split line-up with all men except Forand fencing two bouts instead of the customary three. John Craig, Dave Kenney, and John Livingston will duel in the sabre division, and Phil Erard, Bill Pierskalla, and Captain Les Scherer, in the epee...
Princeton looms as the tougher of the two teams. Based on the power of its heavyweights, 177 pound Carleton MacDonald and undefeated Jim MacAleer, the Tiger figures to cop two key matches and possibly a third--the 157 pound duel between Captain Chick Chandler and Don Rumsfield, who beat Chandler last year...
Without its two regular lightweights, the squad dropped its opening two matches. Sophomore Phil Herrera at 123 lost, 6 to 1, after being tied up most of the duel, while 130-pound Don Fern was pinned in the second period...
Nasser, needing a mass political base, thought he could use the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood thought it could use Nasser. Both miscalculated, and a quiet duel for mastery began. Mild-looking Hodeiby offered to support the soldiers, if Nasser would submit all their proposals for prior approval. Nasser politely declined, instead offered Hodeiby three Cabinet posts for his Brotherhood. After some parleying, the Supreme Guide angrily refused to let his followers join the new regime. Still the cautious wooing continued; there was no open break...