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Knutsen finished sixth in the epee at regionals, following up her strong third-place finish a week ago at the IFA Championships. Shulz placed eighth in the foil to qualify for the NCAAs...
...Explosive-ordnance-disposal experts with the Joint Special Operations Command are on call to fly in and assist the scientists in taking apart anything they find, but so far, NEST has turned up nothing in the searches. Administration officials admit that, just like putting sky marshals on airliners to foil potential hijackers, sending the NEST teams out is a shot in the dark. "But it's better than having them sitting at home doing nothing," says...
...reflects a childish, self-effacing manner as Bertha, which mirrors her own objectification by her parents. One exception, however, is the Doctor’s intentional lack of physical presence, a highly caricatured, goofy character privy to the machinations of women, that becomes a one-dimensional foil to the Captain...
...Crimson women’s strongest overall showing came in foil, where three Crimson fencers made it through to yesterday’s individual championship...
Despite some difficulties in the finals, Harvard was the only college to place three fencers in the women’s foil individual championship...