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...After each contest we discuss the match weapon by weapon. I offer my observations and criticisms to each fencer and then the rest of the team does the same," Zivkovic says. "This is a learning process. There are no hard feelings," he adds...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Zivkovic Stresses Perfection, New Technique, and Team Unity | 1/26/1977 | See Source »

...each of the three weapons, the first fencer to score five touches wins the bout. Each fencer duels three opponents in his respective weapon...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: NYU Swordsmen Puncture Crimson Fencers, 17-10 | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...foil, Harvard co-captain John Major started the match by narrowly defeating the number one foilman from NYU, 5-4. Major ended up with two victories and one defeat for the afternoon by beating NYU's number two man and losing to their number three fencer. Each of his decisions were decided by one-point margins...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: NYU Swordsmen Puncture Crimson Fencers, 17-10 | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

Russell Graham won one bout at sabre, but showed great promise as a first-year varsity fencer. "Graham should be important to us for next year. We are also expecting him to do well this season," Zivkovic said...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: NYU Swordsmen Puncture Crimson Fencers, 17-10 | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...kind, for their 75%-to-25% ratio of combat troops to support troops (the U.S. puts 50% in logistics and support) is predicated on a fast-moving front. In a discomfiting break from tradition, Moscow is now training its air force to support advancing ground units. The SU-19 Fencer, recently deployed in East Germany, is the first Soviet fighterbomber designed specifically to engage ground targets. Thus, before Washington even has time to decide whether or not to use tactical nuclear weapons, the Soviet Army and its allies might be deep into West Germany, at the Gorizia and Thrace gaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Still Strong Enough to Block a Blitz? | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

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