Word: foil
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...himself. 'It's all a game to see who can fool whom,' he said. '[Hitler] thinks he's outsmarted me, but actually it's I who have tricked him.' " Stalin hoped, says Khrushchev, "that the English and French might exhaust Germany and foil Hitler's plan to crush the West first, then turn East...
...foil, All-American Tom Keller began the year with a very strong showing, defeating both his opponents. 5-0. Don Valantine, a very talented but sometimes lazy sophomore. won his first two matches, 5-0, but got cocky in the last match and lost...
With two-time All-Americans Tom Keller (foil) and Larry Cetrulo (sabre) to anchor the squad, Marion's biggest problem again this year will be depth...
...changed format this year will enable dual matches to be completed much quicker, within about an hour and a half instead of the three or four hours required last year. Using newly-installed metal strips, the squad can run the two electric weapons (foil and epee) at the same time. Sabre, scored by officials, must be held separately...
...agent Milady de Winter. With a curiously pathological doggedness, the play heaps all the injustices in its world at the doorstep of the woman. Unfortunately, Lori Heineman isn't quite capable of infusing the role with the stature and presence it demands. She is simply not convincing as a foil for D'Artagnan and the rest of the boys in his band, and so ends the play more a pathetic scapegoat than tragic villainess...