Word: foil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Junior Henry Higdon, mean-while, enjoyed the scene in which the Chiefs put aluminum foil in their pads for that extra edge, while sophomore Clayton Rodgers goes for the time when Newman knocks the team bus with a sledgehammer to make it look "mean...
...next day I noticed two Hershey's Kisses wrappers on a colleague's desk. Ordinarily I might have asked to dip into her stash; now I merely gazed at the silvery foil and moved...
While the rest of the Clinton team cautions that the race will tighten, Morris predicts a rout. "The President will win by at least 10 points," he says, "and take back the House and Senate too." His cocksure style is a foil for Clinton's indecision. Morris likes to plunge into action; Clinton would just as soon wait and see. "Clinton loves to shop, and Morris loves to buy," says a White House official. "Clinton wants to browse forever; Morris wants to make off with the whole bookstore. It's a perfect marriage...
...even with two of him, he can't handle taking care of the kids. The second Doug, who takes over the construction job, becomes macho and tough. The third Doug is a sensitive, caring type who is worried about his inner child and obsessive about the proper way to foil-wrap meatloaf. The fourth Doug is, well, special, shaving his tongue and slurping pizza...
While it lacks the experience of its Italian, Russian or Romanian counterparts, the U.S. women's foil team is ranked No. 3 in the world. Peter Westbrook, a four-time Olympian, could repeat his 1984 medal-winning performance in sabre...