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...Crimson, winning nine of her 12 bouts in the preliminary rounds, then taking two of six duels in the final round to finish fifth individually. After losing her first bout in the eliminations to a fencer from the University of Maine she vanquished Yale's Ina Peacock to even her record...
With the Crimson down 5-4 after a heartening victory by Leslie Feder, who also chalked up 1-3, Sze lost a particularly crucial bout. After climbing back from 4-3 to tie the duel at 4-4, she fell to Yale's Peacock...
...peacock Congressman is accused of selling influence...
...Barre, Pa., there is a Daniel J. Flood Elementary School. Close by are a Daniel J. Flood Industrial Park, a Daniel J. Flood Rural Health Center and a Daniel J. Flood Elderly Center. All were named in honor of a theatrically flamboyant Representative who struts around Congress like a peacock. He slicks down his hair with stickum, sports a villainous-looking waxed mustache and favors wildly eccentric clothes-velveteen suits, ruffled shirts, patent-leather shoes and satin-lined capes. But despite his outlandish appearance, Dapper Dan Flood, 74, has amassed immense power in his 30 years on Capitol Hill...
...sure, not too many Americans next week will be interring turkeys or resurrecting them as dinde farcie aux marrons. Fewer still will be celebrating the season with roasted peacock, Lake Tung Ting scallops or turtle flippers a la financiere. Nonetheless, a huge number, week in, week out, are creating and consuming meals of a complexity and sophistication that were all but unheard of a scant decade...