Word: foiled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tencing teams fared well and, at points, even spectacularly. The men's foil squad garnered Harvard's second national title by copping the Ironman Trophy for the first time in 50 years. The women won the New England championships...
...state of New Jersey would require building 4,600 shelters and 9,000 miles of roads. Along the roadways, flatbed vehicles, forever rolling, would carry missiles tipped with ten warheads each. That is the $56 billion scheme for safeguarding the proposed MX system, a brobdingnagian shell game meant to foil a Soviet attack on the missiles. The plan has been derided as an ineffective, ecology-destroying boondoggle, and the MX now has a powerful new foe: leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who, Mormons believe, are divinely inspired when they issue a "revelation," and whose...
Weaver, on the other hand, seems indifferent to her role as Tony Sokolow. The spunk and verve with which she approached her character in Alien freezes this time. Unfortunately, that seems to be a problem typical of "love interests": she never becomes more than a foil for Deever...
...women of Side by Side revolve around Bundy as he balances the trio, providing a foil for their criticism of men. His rich, strong voice and bearded mugging make songs like "Could I Leave You?" (In a minute!) hilarious. He moves a little heavily about the stage in the beginning but catches up to the very fast, controlled pace of the other two in the second half of the show...
...almost unstoppable foil squad--which lost only two of nine bouts--both the sabre and epee teams rallied and turned in winning scores for their rounds. Three of the nine swordsmen took all their bouts, and three more went...