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...future," he said in an interview with TIME Correspondent George de Carvalho. "Absolutely. I know we can survive and flourish. We must survive, and we will survive. We have a history of 4,000 years. We were driven out and dispersed about the world for 2,000 years, often hated and persecuted. Our people were tortured and burned at the stake by the thousands. We were expelled from England in the 14th century, we were expelled from Spain in the 15th century, we were expelled from many lands. There were laws against us, pogroms, persecutions of every kind. Hitler exterminated...
...something of a paradox that freshmen who have not fenced until their first year here usually develop into the best varsity competitors. This happens simply because fencers who begin the sport in preparatory schools often find that early habits hamper them in perfecting the style which suits Marion...
Diving represents the varsity's best chance to score, for Frank Gorman and Greg Stone have lost more often to each other than to outside competitors this year. Although the Elis' Doug Stark-weather topped Stone in last year's meet, Stone revenged himself in the Easterns, and the varsity performers should do even better off their own board...
...aesthetic criterion, however, is challenged most graphically by George Grosz. Sharp, biting, vitriolic, his satires often, as in "I Am The Boss," amount to a vulgar denial of aesthetics. Grosz succeeds in his attempt to revolt and disgust. His portrayals of lasciviousnes, corruption and wretchedness hit home with intended impact for they are executed in line and wash that are as sickly and depressing as their subjects...
...both sabre and foil, questionable judging often can obscure the entire pattern of a match. Epee, which is electronically scored by a machine which registers each touch, is not open to the same variables...