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...drifting 535 miles above the Earth. But the strike - which smashed the seven-year-old orbiter into a cloud of space flotsam - may also have been directed at a target closer at hand. Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province, has long been the object of the mainland's saber-rattling missile tests and amphibious-assault war games. The demonstration of an ability to destroy satellites in orbit - belatedly confirmed by Beijing this week - could mean China is ready to up the stakes. "Symbolically, it's quite an important message to send to Taiwan," says Andrew Yang, secretary general...
...Springsteen concert. It was a class society, and we were among the elite. As we strolled through restricted areas, the crowd a few feet away waved their sausage balloons imploringly at us. To indulge them, I engaged in a brief but vigorous Stephen-Colbert-as-Tek-Jansen light-saber duel with one or two of them. It seemed they were having a splendid time...
...Tufts did last week. Both the men and women fencing squads defeated Sacred Heart by impressive margins, the men by a score of 22-5 and the women by a dominant 23-4. The Crimson’s only stumbling blocks came in men and women’s saber. The women eked out a victory after junior Alexa Weingarden won her final bout 5-4, winning the weapon by an identical score. Unlike in many sports, advanced fencers don’t always dominate against lesser opponents. The trouble lies in the fact that lower level fencers...
...Judges on the road in Waltham, Mass. The women’s team (5-1) won easily by a score of 22-5, while the men’s team (5-0) took its match, 19-8. The women claimed victory across the board, winning the epee, foil, and saber. They were led by junior saber fencer Alexa Weingarden, who won all three of her bouts and was only touched twice the entire match. Crimson coach Peter Brand referred to Weingarden as a “very consistent, very smart fencer, and a real competitor...
...women’s foils collectively made their presence felt, junior saber fencer Alexa Weingarden performed brilliantly, losing only one match all day in a bout against the Nittany Lions—to U.S. Senior National Team member Caitlin Thompson, ranked No. 4 in the world in saber...