Word: fencer
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...Crimson competed without its star fencer, sophomore Kwamee Van Leeuwen. The Mather resident, who placed second in last year's NCAA Championships, sat out with an illness. But even with him, Harvard wouldn't have had much of a chance against a superior Columbia team...
...fencers, German specialists have devised a steel-plated dummy that examines competitors' attack moves. The mannequin has a helmet-shaped head containing a high-speed camera mounted behind Plexiglas. Its torso is wired at strategic locations with tiny bulbs. When a hit is scored, a red, green or white light goes on. Tests with the dummy have shown that speed alone is not the crucial factor in a fencer's prowess. Athletes are more accurate when they take time and move deliberately in the moments preceding attack...
...clear explanation came from Tehran. Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani did assure the U.S.-led coalition, however, that the decision to provide sanctuary to some of Saddam's most sophisticated French and Soviet fighters and most of his SU-24 Fencer bombers would not affect Iran's neutral status. The planes, Iranian officials said, will be impounded and held until hostilities end. They also insisted that no deal had been cut with Baghdad in advance...
...Each fencer fought a grueling 15 bouts. Neuhardt was 9-6 for the day. Kosch finished...
...quickly became apparent that Navy would dominate, as Neuhardt was the only Harvard fencer to win in the second or third rounds. Marcy Glazer and Kate Tulenko, Nuehardt's substitute, both won in the fourth round. But it was too little, too late...