By Parke Brewer Women's fencing became an Olympic sport in 1924 and after 80 long years the United States finally has its first medals in the event. Both came in women's saber, which was added to the

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P: This music reminds me of pirate movies like 'Pirates of the Caribbean.'. Why are you listening to that? Y: Because I like sword fighting. Do you like it? P: It's hard to say, Yang Chen. I guess I don't have anything against swords, but it seems a

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北京奥运28大项 参与,竞争,分享,进步 Fencing 击剑 DISCIPLINE'S ORIGIN 项目起源 英文原文 As a sport, fencing began in either the 14th or 15th century and both Italy and Germany lay claim to the origins of the sport. German fencing masters organised

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US Weighs Fencing Parts of Shared Canadian Border The United States and Canada share the longest unfortified border in the world. In the border town of Blaine, Washington, a shallow ditch and some warning signs are all that separate U.S. territory fr

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About Fencing (Olympic sport since 1896) Take the romantic, swashbuckling epics of Errol Flynn, add some rules, protective clothing and an electronic scoring system, and you have fencing at the Ol

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The government shutdown grinds on over funding for President Trump's border wall. But meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to construct or upgrade border fencing, some 160 miles along the Arizona and

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