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...depth of their roster was something I have not seen in quite a long time. In each weapon, in each event, they had literally a world-class fencer.”The setup of the tournament also made things difficult: fencers face others in five-touch bouts in round-robin play and then compete in a final four. There was no way for Hagamen to run away with the title: he was going to have to work for it.But Hagamen was up to the task, fighting his way to the final bout against Ghattas. He went 19-3 in round...
After a tough 1-0 loss to Winthrop (32-11)—despite six one-hit, shutout innings from junior Shelly Madick—the Crimson (8-6) rallied to knock off Mercer (7-28) and Wright State (12-16) in round-robin play and again in the semifinal and championship games, respectively...
...University of Minnesota's Weisman Art Museum later this month. "Highway 61 Revisited: Dylan's Road from Minnesota to the World" includes a bus tour through the folk bard's hometown of Hibbing, Minn., and chats with authors and musicians on such topics as "Einstein Disguised as Robin Hood: The Enigmatic Jewishness of Bob Dylan" and "Hotter Than a Crotch: Bob Dylan at the Borderline of Sleaze." Symposium organizer Colleen Sheehy, explaining Dylan's appeal, says, "He's someone people love to argue about...
...offseason due to a frozen Charles River, the No. 4 Harvard co-ed sailing team began its 2007 spring campaign with a strong first-place finish at the Sharpe Trophy Team race in Providence, R.I. this weekend, posting a 17-3 mark in the 20-race round robin regatta en route to the season-opening...
...that Chinese pay in blood for their country's economic success. The official death toll fell some 20% last year, but as with many government statistics in China, the figures aren't sparking celebrations, even among safety officials. In fact, many industry observers believe that accidents are heavily underreported. Robin Munro, a human-rights activist at the Hong Kong--based China Labor Bulletin, working from an unofficial estimate given by a senior work-safety bureaucrat, thinks as many as 20,000 miners die in accidents each year. And that count doesn't include tens of thousands more of the country...