Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Everyone in the group knew what Ford meant: the President had vetoed the $45 billion omnibus appropriation for health, welfare and labor programs late last year. Now the Democrats were rallying in an attempt to override the veto, and Ford was extremely anxious to foil them. The unwieldy bill contained $916 million for programs, mainly health, that the President felt the nation could not readily afford. House Minority Leader John Rhodes, Minority Whip Robert Michel, Congressmen John Anderson from Illinois and Barber Conable from New York knew that the President looked upon the vote as a key test...
...foil competition, only the torso is a fair target and the point is the only weapon allowed. This style is modeled on the idea that two men are trying to kill one another...
...Crimson fields teams in all three types of fencing--saber, foil and epee--but has had particular success with its foil squad...
FENCING--With a 4-2 record, and perhaps the best foil team in the country, Harvard's fencers could go a long way. It's hard to predict the Ivy teams to beat, but Cornell and Columbia (and naturally Princeton) are good bets. The two losses thus far, to St. John's and NYU, could possibly have been avoided, but lack of experience can often negate talent. In other words, an "A" for talent, a "B-" for experience, and a "B+" at the mid-term...
...foil, Captain Phillipe Bennett swept all three bouts as did John Major. Coach Edo Marion, anticipating an easy match, let Eugene Vastola, his third best foil man, go to New York to fence in an amateur competition. Eric Mandelbaum replaced Vastola and lost one bout. In what Coach Marion termed a "Good sign," sophomore David Mcclees fenced two "beautiful" matches, winning...