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Yale-Colgate--When I was little I had an electric football game. After two rugged seasons, the foil under the players got bent so that they either moved very slowly, or in a circle, or just fell over. But my 2 yellow back stayed in tiptop shape and before the end of every game he would outrun everyone for a long touchdown. Yale and Colgate will move slowly and fall over in a dull battle today, but Jauron will break one long run in the fourth quarter to end a slow, close game. Yale 17, Colgate...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: A Touch of Garlic | 10/2/1971 | See Source »

FENCING--Last season was to be Harvard's first Ivy League fencing title. Two All-Americans, sabre Larry Cetrulo and foil Tom Keller, were to combine with greater depth to bring the Crimson national attention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Solid Year for Harvard Sports | 9/20/1971 | See Source »

...suburbs have proved to be a worthy foil. They are full of nouveaux riches because the country is newly rich. The size of the average car has doubled in ten years; powerboats on trailers choke carports. There are sculptured gnomes on lawns, and almost every front door has a "feature" such as a horseshoe knocker or a flock of stained-glass ducks in flight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Australia: She'll Be Right, Mate--Maybe | 5/24/1971 | See Source »

...Jobs. While he waited, Kosinski carried a foil-wrapped egg of cyanide in his pocket and kept repeating to himself, "No matter what, I am going to depart." Miraculously, his scheme worked. On Dec. 20, 1957, he arrived at Idlewild Airport, completing what he considers the greatest creative act of his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Playing It by Eye | 4/26/1971 | See Source »

...fencing team is determined solely on the basis of won-lost record Cetrulo ranked first among all League fencers with 14 victories at sabre during the season. The Crimson's Keller was first All-Ivy foil, compiling 13 victories in Ivy competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Has Four Players Picked for All-Star Teams | 3/23/1971 | See Source »

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