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Word: foiled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those who go to Charlie Brown expecting profound theater will leave disappointed. But the play, more than anything else, provides an alternative. Admittedly, it's easy to pull off Charlie Brown. But the sublime needs the ridiculous to be sublime, and Charlie Brown acts as a foil for all the campus theater that takes itself too seriously...

Author: By James L. Cott, | Title: From the Peanuts Gallery | 3/13/1980 | See Source »

There were several bright spots in the match, Goldring said. Kent Libbey, in third position in foil, and Stan Samkange, who substituted in foil, had their best bouts of the year. Heymen in sabre also made it to the finals, Goldring said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swordsmen Finish Seventh in ECAC, End Disappointing Season With Loss | 3/11/1980 | See Source »

...luck in both the sabre and foil competition, and that really hurt us," captain Jim Goldring said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swordsmen Finish Seventh in ECAC, End Disappointing Season With Loss | 3/11/1980 | See Source »

...foil, too, Goldring said he was disappointed. David Hanower and David Merner lost key matches, and the swords-men, who could have finished third, came in a dismal ninth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swordsmen Finish Seventh in ECAC, End Disappointing Season With Loss | 3/11/1980 | See Source »

...Tehran newspaper Azadeghan yesterday quoted Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh as saying "communists and Zionists" were trying to foil the U.N. mission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Militants Block U.N. Meeting Pending Khomeini's Approval | 3/6/1980 | See Source »

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