Word: foiled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Biddle spearheaded the Crimson's epee victory, which Harvard won 7-2. In the foil, which the Crimson clinched 6-3, Dave Hannower and the combative Dave Merner were the standouts...
Debate planners have been having nightmares about Sept. 23, 1976. It was that day in Philadelphia, at exactly 10:51.05p.m., that a 25-cent foil-wrapped electrical capacitor gave way during a debate between Carter and former president Gerald R. Ford. The world, and the stony-faced candidates, waited in silence for 28 minutes...
...just look up into the sky, hoping to see a dogfight, even though the state radio and television constantly remind Tehran residents that they should take the air raid signals seriously. Most people have covered the window panes of their homes or apartments with thick black paper or tin foil, in order to keep the lights on during the blackout. The reason is not so much the fear of air strikes as the noisy urging of young people and children who act as self-appointed civil defense wardens. The briefest glimpse of light from a window starts a chorus...
...Super Vee race-car driver, started the course in 1976 after the Air Force asked him to provide driver training for some of its officers. Since then, Scott and three other instructors, backed by a team of mechanics, have trained hundreds of chauffeurs and corporation executives in how to foil attempts to kill or capture them on the road. The basic course, including films and lectures plus actual driving, costs...
...near paralysis of government that forced the military's hand. With Demirel unable to muster a majority in parliament and with Ecevit anxious to foil him at every turn, the legislature has not been able to enact a law for at least six months. Its efforts to elect a new President have stretched unsuccessfully-and somewhat comically-over more than 100 ballots. Even a package of antiterrorist measures supported by both men has sunk into the partisan quicksand. Demirel's right-center party could probably win a majority if Turks went to the polls tomorrow, but Ecevit...