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Martin J. Siegel’s 2023 book on a participant in this event notes that when Floyd Abrams met him years later, he immediately pulled out Arthur Schlesinger’s op-ed defending his actions. The New York Times ran the “Invitation to a Vendetta” when the ACLU tried to re-investigate this event, the subject of Louis Nizer’s The Implosion Conspiracy. During this event, David Greenglass was implicated by Harry Gold, who had himself been implicated (15[1])by (*) Klaus (-5[1])Fuchs. (-5[1])The Venona Project (-5[1])helped identify the targets of this event, who, on the orders of Judge Irving Kaufman, were hurriedly executed (10[1])before the start of the Sabbath. For 10 points, name this event in which an American couple was convicted (10[1])for (10[1]-5[1])passing atomic secrets (10[1])to the USSR. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg [accept execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg before mention]
<Emmett Laurie, American History>
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Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%14%57%107.14
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%111.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%115.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%0%103.25
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y367%0%33%119.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%60%108.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%106.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUJHU A7015
Cooper RohColumbia AUMD A72-5
Nathan ZhangCornell BCornell A73-5
Lexi TermanRutgersColumbia B76-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay ASwarthmore9410
Jack RadoColumbia BRutgers11310
Caleb KendrickUMD AColumbia A11410
Munir SiddiquiUMD BPitt114-5
Aneesh SwaminathanJHU BRIT11710
Sarod NoriCornell ACornell B12110
Danny PeelenPittUMD B12110