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When you say that "the U.S. is not yet able to produce an international fencing star," you are forgetting Norman Armitage, saber champion for the U.S. at six Olympics and flag-bearer in both...
Competitions in foil, saber and épée are black-tie occasions...
...continuation, which make up a "fencing conversation," but which, to the untrained eye, are only a millisecond flash of two blades. In America, fencing competitions are incomprehensible to outsiders. "We are a small, poor, truly amateur sport," says Stephen Sobel, secretary of the U.S. Olympic Committee and a saber fencer. "We all know each other, and usually we just keep score on a scrap of paper...
...prototype of the neoliberal as you have described him. But I am caught in a philosophical and political vacuum somewhere between Reagan's saber rattling and Walter Mondale's giveaway plans. In 1980 my views found expression in John Anderson. This year I may not vote at all. One of the last wry comments my 80-year-old mother made as she lay on her deathbed last spring was, "At least I won't have to decide who to vote...
...sophomores, Cicchetti and Jeff Levy, were elected co-captains for next year. With one promising epeeist already committed to Harvard and another year of experience for the still young saber squad, next year should bring more success to the tencing team, despite the loss of Merner and Kaufer...