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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kaufer said he though Penn would be tough--they've been at the top of the lives consistently in recent years--but was still hoping for a 6-3 victory in both epee and foil...

Author: By William G. Foulkes, | Title: Penn Edges Harvard Fencers, 14-13, Brown Receives Dualists' Wrath, 20-7 | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...Crimson further embarrassed the Bruins in epee, 7-2, and foil, 5-4, where Schaffield also took all three of his bouts...

Author: By William G. Foulkes, | Title: Penn Edges Harvard Fencers, 14-13, Brown Receives Dualists' Wrath, 20-7 | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...first hint of a new Soviet proposal came in mid-November 1982, when Senator Gary Hart visited Geneva and lunched with Nitze and Kvitsinsky together. Using Hart as a foil, Nitze elicited from Kvitsinsky confirmation of what Nitze had suspected would be the next Soviet ploy: an offer to reduce European SS-20s from 243 to about 150, approximately matching the 162 ballistic missiles in Britain's and France's independent nuclear arsenals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arms Control: Arms Control: Behind Closed Doors | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

Senior Captain Stephen Kaufer led the Crimson in the epee division, notching six victories without a defeat. In the foil division, Jeft Levy went 5-1 on the night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencing | 12/1/1983 | See Source »

...attractive, ambitious wife. Had she not been burdened with Eilbert's wooden acting or lines like "I am not jealous of Phoebe--I am jealous of the ongoing love-affair the two of you have with the theatre," she might have provided the movie with a sorely-needed foil...

Author: By Hanne-maria Maijala, | Title: XYZ, PDQ | 10/13/1983 | See Source »

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