Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...little sympathy, and her mishaps, due largely to a complete lack of that suspicious intelligence which is recognized by everyone from the cartoonists up as truly characteristic of woman, seem too obviously avoidable to deserve compassion. Her cousin is much more human, though she is apparently designed as a foil to set off more sharply the sterling qualities of the other emotions than maidenly modesty, and just enough selfishness to make her recognizable. Perhaps there are perfect people, perhaps it is necessary to have one of them in every novel, but their performances always appear a bit flat when contrasted...
...held tomorrow. It will be open to all members of the University who have had no more than two years experience. The University Fencing Club will award a silver cup to the winner and a medal to the runner up, and Coach Danguy will give a prize foil to the man who shows the best knowledge of the technique of fencing...
With this disillusioned preface, he sets out on the recital of the great fights and fighters from James Figg, master of "the Foil, Backsword, Cudgel, and Fist" to the redoubtable Dempsey. There were, in the days when the knockout to the point of the chin was still unknown, such colorful fighters as Buckhorse, "singularly unsightly," Jack Slack (the Bristol butcher), Mendoza the Jew (founder of scientific boxing, the first boxer to go on the stage), Mr. Jackson (the first "gentleman" fighter), the Belchers, the Game Chicken, and Daniel Donnelly (an Irishman) of whom it was written...
...Thursday morning, the University will be represented in the Clemens Medal Novice Foil Competition for fencers with less than two years of experience. Noll Morese '26 and A. R. Alen '26 of the Unive1rsity squad, with John Winder '27, number two man on the Freshman team, will compete for this title and Franklin Hollis, captain of the 1927 team, is a possible entrant...
Clare Fames is an admirable foil as Lady Macbeth, sharp and thrusting as a dagger against Hackett's tremendous battle-axe personality. Moffat Johnston (as Macduff) and the supporting company are well chosen. The massive settings suit this dreadnought production. Hackett has even arranged appropriate incidental music to show his complete mastery of the play...