Word: foil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trouble centered around a relatively minor and technical point of fencing rules. Zivkovic wanted the three weapons--foil, epee, and sabre--to be fenced simultaneously on three adjacent strips. Micahnik insisted that sabre bouts go first...
...Foil and Epee Flash...
While the sabre squads fell short on the strip, the foil and epee squads dominated their opponents, 6-3 and 7-2, respectively...
...foil strip, the "foreign connection"--Canadian siblings Michael and David Merner and Zimbabwean Rhodes Scholar Stanlake Samkange--teamed upinan impressive recovery after last week's defeat at the hands of Princeton...
...career air force officer from Sadat's home province who was Air Force Commander at the time of the 1973 October War, Mubarak had never spent a day in politics when Sadat picked him to be his Vice President in 1975. He proved to be the perfect foil for the dynamic, charismatic Sadat: efficient, disciplined, self-effacing. He has not changed. Since taking office, Mubarak, 53, has made only four public appearances. His speeches are short and to the point, and he has no interest in ceremony. As he complains to aides: "When every chicken lays an egg, must...