Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Foil for Radar...
Coach Ben Zivkovic, when asked about Harvard's ability to use just their wrists when moving the foil (as opposed to MIT's habit of tipping off their tactics by moving their entire arm), emphasized the importance of refined technique. "If you don't have the technique it's slogging," he said. "When you get it (point movement) down from the wrists to the fingertips then you fence in the Olympics...
...pleasure disappeared when the family moved to a suburb of Washington, D.C. Instead my sisters and I now pile into the car every Christmas Eve to roam the various housing subdivisions near where I live, searching for this year's winner of the "Most Garishly Decorated House Award." Aluminum foil doors, wrapped to resemble Christmas gifts, and always a hot item with the locals...
Despite the absence of star fencer Eric Mandelbaum, the foil team led the way for the Crimson capturing all nine of their bouts. Freshman Dave Hanower lost only three points as he went...
Senior foilsman Eric Mandelbaum played the key role in Harvard's win. Mandelbaum fenced superbly, beating last year's ECAC foil champion Mark Smith 5-3. Mandelbaum refused to be intimidated by his 6-ft., 2-in. opponent and took advantage as Smith fenced tentatively, failing to lunge with his usual quickness and authority...