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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Possessing what coach Edo Marion has called "one of the strongest saber teams in the Ivy League," the Crimson swordsmen took a commanding 13 to 8 lead midway through the match. The five point margin was made possible by double victories in the saber by captain, John Kennedy, Roger Barzun, and Paul Zygas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Beaten | 2/11/1963 | See Source »

...fight, she vaguely realizes, began when she stole her brother's World War I cavalry saber. "I took his sword and humbled it," she muses, "scraped muck from mouldings, rust from behind benches, dug holes for my plants. It was too awkward for peeling potatoes." Her rebellion comes when she tries to thrust herself into the freight cars full of Jews bound for Auschwitz-to call them to the attention of fellow townsfolk, who have chosen to ignore what is going on. Böll's point: in an insane world, sanity is madness. Duly confined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Guilt of the Lambs | 1/4/1963 | See Source »

...saber, rated the Crimson's strongest event, Paul Zygas scored two victories and John Kennedy and Roger Barzun each won once, but the N.Y.U. team managed an overall 5-4 win. N.Y.U. also took the foil events...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: N.Y.U. Fencers Prevail by 15-12 | 12/3/1962 | See Source »

...telephoned congratulations from his Black Sea vacation spot at Yalta, told Popovich that he had seen a picture of his bushily mustached father in Pravda. "Your father curls his mustaches like Taras Bulba," said Nikita. "What a Cossack! He seems to be saying, 'Give me a horse and saber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: The Heavenly Twins | 8/24/1962 | See Source »

...Saber Is Bent, Paar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Apr. 6, 1962 | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

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