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...Harvard foil and epee teams sparked the Crimson comeback, winning 9 out of 12 bouts in the last two rounds, including five of six in the pivotal second stanza. Overall the foil and epee teams each ran up 6-3 bouting records for the afternoon...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Fencers Rally to Subdue Tigers, 15-12 | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

...rough day with the sabre for Loren Joseph, who after convincingly crushing Bob Luke, 5-1, dropped his next two to Larry Heppe, 4-5, and Mark Farber, also by a one-point margin. Trinity picked up its third win as Lorien Rucci edged Tom Sharp, 5-3, in foil...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Crimson Fencers Wallop Trinity, 24-3 | 1/23/1974 | See Source »

Sharp's loss was the only one for Harvard in the first round. Joseph, Steve Hobbs and Larry Tu swept the sabre, allowing the Bantams a grand total of only five touches. Howie Weiss and Nick Tepe took two more in foil, while White, Sam Anderson and David Moscowitz won in epee...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Crimson Fencers Wallop Trinity, 24-3 | 1/23/1974 | See Source »

About the only bout that would have rivaled Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, came in the third round. Larry White, fencing at foil, stormed back from a 1-4 deficit to overtake Rucci, 5-4. Joining White at foil was John Major, who fenced and won twice in the round...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Crimson Fencers Wallop Trinity, 24-3 | 1/23/1974 | See Source »

...questions by repeating the same phrases ("We want to be able to prepare for the worst" or "The day of cheap energy is over"). If people stop listening, that could badly hurt Simon's program, which depends greatly on voluntary cooperation. In particular, public boredom with Simon could foil his attempts to dispel the growing suspicion that the energy shortage is a phony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICY: The Whirlwind Confronts the Skeptics | 1/21/1974 | See Source »

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