Word: swordsman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson's poor performance had few redeeming features, as even captain John Chipman, a Canadian junior Olympic sabreman, had a losing record, winning only five of 12 bouts. No Harvard fencer made the nine-man individual finals in his weapon and only one Crimson swordsman, sabreman Richard Gillette, escaped with an even 6-6 record...
Regrettably, the director largely abandons the altruistic thread in the narrative as he increasingly dwells on Dunn's plunge into the hedonist ethic. The repeated humiliation accorded Theresa by her handsome sexual swordsman (Richard Gere) is designed to serve as a counterpoint to the unrequited love showered on her by the enraptured James Morrissey (William Atherton), but the novelty of the contrast quickly wears off as the subjugation of Theresa becomes progressively uglier. She throws herself into cocaine-sniffing, prostituting herself for the thrill of the act, and blowing off Morrissey out of sheer spite. The schoolteacher identity is tossed...
Whatever his inspiration, Sabatini wrote his masterpiece (and bestselling title) in 1920. Everything came together in Scaramouche; the strongest moments in his other novels barely equal the weakest scenes in this book. The hero is a witty young lawyer whose best friend is skewered by an aristocratic swordsman on the eve of the French Revolution. The hero vows to hound the aristo to destruction-only to find the absolute powers of the monarchy arrayed against...
...captain-elect for next year's varsity fencing team, Simmons was the only Crimson swordsman to be invited to compete in the epee division of the meet. The final round of epee competition was held late Sunday...
After his freshman year, Bennett placed sixth at the NCAA Eastern foil championships, the first time a Harvard swordsman had placed in approximately ten years. Last year, he finished second, and he is looking for a victory this time around...