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It’s not too surprising, then, that Jamal must prove himself, on his own terms, in this hostile environment. F. Murray Abraham’s Professor Crawford provides Jamal with a suitably flat and pompous foil. Suspicious that Jamal’s talent for writing is illegitimate—“He’s a basketball player. From the Bronx”—Crawford endeavors to have him expelled. As Crawford’s role becomes prominent late in the film, Abraham dutifully slogs through a series of embarrassing scenes, trying to maintain some...

Author: By Benjamin J. Soskin, CONTIBUTING WRITER | Title: Writer's Block: Forrester Falls Flat | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

...Harvard won just one bout the rest of the way and Columbia shut out Harvard 9-0 in the foil to seal the win for the Lions. It was Columbia's second double-digit victory over Harvard in as many years...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M., W. Fencing Slip at Columbia | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...Olympic team alternate Erinn Smart, the Lions overtook the Crimson in the foil by a 7-2 mark. Smart went a perfect 3-0 in her three matches...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M., W. Fencing Slip at Columbia | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...duets - six - between George Jones and Melba Montgomery. Of course, Jones' best-known singing partner was his third wife, Tammy Wynette, with whom he had such hits as "Golden Ring" and "We're Gonna Hold On," but it is with Montgomery that he found his most ideal vocal foil. Even George is on the record as saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George's Gems | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...sabre team has gotten much stronger and the foil squad has been very unstoppable," said epee captain Liz Aranow...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fencing Easily Beats Brandeis | 11/30/2000 | See Source »

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