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Speech is dispensed with in Act Without Words, in which Cronyn mimes the frustrations of a man lost in the desert who is variously tempted by water bottles that elude his grasp and ropes that foil his attempts to hang himself. The character is a kind of vaudeville Sisyphus, and one can thank Beckett for the small favor that the playlet lasts only ten minutes. Not I lasts 15. It is the seemingly final verbal spasm of a woman of 70 (Tandy) who recounts fragments of her life and concludes that even her suffering does not add up to much...
...overwhelming performance in foil that collected eight victories in nine bouts, the Harvard fencing team successfully met its first legitimate challenge of the season Saturday, defeating CCNY...
...foil squad, showing for the first time this season the form and performance that Crimson coach Edo Marion had predicted for it at the beginning of the season, got three wins spiece from Howie Weiss and Phillipe Bennett and two from David Fichter, as it completely dominated CCNY...
...Foil man Howie Weiss, Dave Fichter and Phillipe Bennett, look like they could be challenged a little today, but there is not any real threat that they will be overcome by the Beavers...
...foil and sabre, CCNY does not appear to have much going for it, unless, of course, Yale is a super power this year, which isn't likely. Against the Bulldogs CCNY managed to win but three out of nine bouts in each of the two weapons...