Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dancing doesn't have to carry it alone--after all, this pull-out-all-the-stops Imperial Russian classic, complete with Tchaikovsky score and choreography by the legendary Marius Petipa, is nothing if not an occasion for bravura theatrical spectacle. The dance comes like expensive chocolates wrapped in gold foil: we're supposed to enjoy the package almost as much as the contents...
Last weekend at the ECAC fencing tournament, at which Chipman, Vastola and epeeman Robert Kaplan qualified for the NCAA's, Chipman won only five of 12 bouts and Vastola captured just four, as he became the twelfth and final eastern foil qualifier for the nationals...
Southpaw Vastola finished the first day of the finals near the middle of the 24 foil fencers. He must also vanquish almost all his opponents to make the top six and become an All-American...
Kaplan's respectable showing in the best pool of epee fencers qualified him for the national championships at Wisconsin next weekend. Two other Crimson fencers, Chipman and number-one foil fencer Gene Vastola, who finished 4-8, also qualified for the nations. Vastola squeaked his way into the nationals as the 12th and final foil qualifier...
...tournament champions, the University of Pennsylvania, won a record 90 out of 108 bouts and outdistanced second place NYU by 11 bouts. In the individual weapons, Penn finished first in epee and second in both foil and sabre...