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Word: foil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bacon rolled on a strip of aluminum foil, so that it can be unrolled like tape (Aluminum Co. of America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: Packaged Progress | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

...fencer won his letter for the second time this year in the foil division. Three years ago he earned his freshman numerals. This year Hocutt, representing the Crimson, broke even in the Inter-collegiate Fencing Tournament in New York and in the Nationals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hocutt Selected as Captain of Fencers | 4/12/1956 | See Source »

...whose major problems are to avoid marriage while at the same time trying to find a husband for his widowed sister (Rosemary De Camp), who does not particularly want one. The show is nearly as slapstick as the My Hero series, but considerably funnier, and Bob has an excellent foil for his own comedy routines in his girl Friday (Anne B. Davis), a half-pint comedienne known as Schultzie. Sponsor Winston Cigarettes has paid the bills for the past two years and has an option for three and a half years more. Says Bob: "A lot of other sponsors want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The 1,000-Watt Bulb | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

Philo Holcomb won first place for Lowell in Thursday's foil matches by defeating Christopher Del Sesto of Adams, 5 to 0. Charles Rutledge of Winthrop and Gene Law of Dunster tied for third place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster House Wins Fencing Tournament | 3/24/1956 | See Source »

Dave Bynum of Massachusetts Hall, victor in the freshman sabre tournament, gained another first place in the foil contests with a 5-0 victory over Rollin Kearns of Hollis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster House Wins Fencing Tournament | 3/24/1956 | See Source »

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