Word: sabers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chamberlain. They were obsolete men (in the McLuhan sense) when compared to an eerily turned-on Hitler. Czechoslovakia, with a modern air force and a well-trained army, put up no resistance. It was, alas, Poland that stood firm: the only trouble was, as Mosley observes, "When the Poles saber-rattled it was actually sabers they were rattling...
...slight stature and bald head, came to Mexico City as a latter-day D'Artagnan: in three previous Olympics he had won three silver medals in fencing and one bronze. This time he took a gold medal, winning 18 out of 20 bouts and the individual saber championship...
...bullet killed Edson Lima Souto, 18. Almost instantly he became a martyr, and the next day 20,000 persons marched with his body to the city's Sao Joao Batista Cemetery. Last week 16 special memorial Masses for Lima were held around the city. At the biggest service, saber-swinging horse guards rode right up onto the steps of Candalaria Church, galloping into the midst of startled students and bystanders as they left the service, forcing them to flee in every direction...
Winfield had a spectacular season this year. He led Harvard's varsity fencers with a 11-4 Ivy record in saber and captured a berth on the All-Ivy team...
...Barnard will back up Winfield in the saber and Captain Harry Jergesen will be the only Crimson fencer with a chance in the epee event. The foil is completely out of reach...