Word: foiled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while, the meet looked closer than it was. Displaying superior from and bladework, the sabremen took their first round 3-0, but when the epee and foil squads took the floor they dropped two bouts each to Stevens...
...shock of the losses brought the team back to life. The epee and foil squads recovered two of the three substitutes won their bouts, and in the remaining half of the meet the team lost only a single bout (sophomore sabreman Brad Jeffries, who was carried out with leg cramps...
...champion and Piaf's love of loves, being played by a black, and a Marlene Dietrich who is downright frumpy. A medal of merit should be struck for Zoë Wanamaker; as the prostitute pal of Piaf's who later achieves smug respectability, she is a perfect foil for Lapotaire, and their scenes together are wickedly droll...
...Foil...
...Mephostophilis (Courtney Vance), accompanies Faustus after he has signed with Lucifer. Mephostophilis attends on Faustus, but it soon becomes apparent that he does not cater to Faustus' every whim and often berates Faustus rather than serving him. Faustus' "all-power" seems to have limitations. Vance makes Mephostophilis a perfect foil to Faustus, his measured cynicism playing off Faustus' flippancy. To Faustus' declaration, "I think hell's a fable." Vance responds by filing his nails as he destroys Faustus' illusions, adding a chilling glee to the audience's first glimpse of the possible outcome of Faustus' decision...