Word: foil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Paul Forand, who upset Army's number one man, will lead the squad in the foil group along with Steve Schneider and Walton Rawls...
Following the varsity match, Bradford-Durfee Technical Institute nosed out the fishermen, 15 to 12. Bradford-Durfee took foil, sabre, and epee matches, all by scores...
Coach Ede Marion's fencing team lost its opening match of the season here Saturday, 18 to 9, to a strong Army squad. The Cadets took the foil and the sabre, 7 to 2 and 8 to 1 respectively, but the Crimson rallied to pull out the epee match...
Next morning 4,000 university students marched in grim silence to the Puerta del Sol in front of the police head quarters building. There, squatting on the pavement to foil any police charge to disperse them, they shouted, "Down with the armed police," "Murderers." Officials anxiously telephoned for instructions...
...with an unmistakable thud. The filmed show was reminiscent of many of the earliest TV efforts: Crosby spent much of his time standing in front of a stage curtain, delivering mild jokes that were greeted with uproarious laughter supplied by a film sound track. Jack Benny appeared as a foil and traded fairly predictable banter with Crosby. Bing sang four songs, danced with a chorus, and was so smothered in facial makeup as to be expressionless. The most exciting thing in the show was long-legged Sheree North, a pretty girl with a modest ability to read funny lines...