Word: sabers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SHOULD NOT TRY TO CONTAIN OR appease China, the upstart superpower, without first exposing the latter's Achilles' heel [WORLD, March 25]. The overriding reason for Beijing's saber rattling during Taiwan's presidential election campaign is that China's leaders are scared of the ripple effect that Taiwan's march toward full-fledged democracy will have on its own 1.2 billion population. The masses, having seen Taiwan progress from a backward nation into a free, prosperous country, may demand to choose their own leaders through a similar election or a plebiscite on China's communist system. The only thing...
...Wellesley tournament contained five separate events. The women competed in both foil and epee fencing, and the men participated in foil, epee and saber fencing...
...dueling weapon, and the target is anywhere on the body. Ancient tradition dictated that the fight would end upon first blood. Foil fencing has a more limited target since it is based on a training weapon, and the target zone is the torso. A derivative of the cavalry sword, saber fencing is a cutting and thrusting weapon, and the target is anywhere above the waist...
...Crimson men also played well in the regional tournament. Paul Baez and Andrew Prihodko fenced epee, and Ted Afield and Lee Scheffler fenced saber. Scheffler came in sixth place...
...mandate expires. The Serbs in eastern Slavonia profess to be unintimidated. "Let him come," says Slobodan Antonic, a commander of the main Serb military force there. "We have laid 250,000 mines, dug 62 miles of new trenches and built more than 100 new bunkers." Despite Tudjman's "crude saber-rattling threats," as one U.S. State Department document has called them, mediators detect a willingness to reach an agreement that would install international monitors for two years before the Croats regain control...