Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...highest Ivy League finish ever (second place), and Marion lost but two of his nine front-line performers. Consider: Harvard has added two experienced freshman fencers, both of whom have already qualified for the United States Under-Nineteen National Team, and one of whom is the Under-Nineteen foil and epee champion. Consider: the entire squad has a year's experience under its belt. Edo Marion has reason to smile...
With the sabre team's pre-season difficulty in resuming last year's level of performance. Marion now looks toward his foil contingent on his strongest weapon. This will surprise a few people because this was where Harvard was weakest last year. The major reason for the coach's optimism in Phillip Bennett, one of the Crimson's two Under-Nineteen standouts. Bennett is described by Marion as "an excellent performer," although the coach says he is "not as technically refined as he might...
...foil squad will also be strengthened by the return of Howard Weiss from an academic leave of absence. Weiss is described as a "tough performer" by Marion and could be a cornerstone for the success of this year's foil team...
...follows. Shahryar, king of Samarkand, has been deceived in love. Resolving that woman is a weak and sinful creature, he decides on an elaborate punishment which includes his personal deflowering of a virgin every night and her execution the following morning. After a time, Scheherezade's turn arrives. To foil the king's designs, she begins a story that first evening but stops before its conclusion, promising to continue the following evening Intrigued the king grants her a respite, and for the next one thousand nights the strategy repeated Finally. Scheherezade, having so well entertained aimed her king, asks...
...Jeff Bridges succeeds less as the young boxer, Ernie, but only because his role is so badly underdeveloped. In a few scenes with his girlfriend, he is given depth and personality of his own. Most of the time, his motivations are completely uncertain. Ernie has been conceived as a foil for Tully, and their relationship exists chiefly to reveal more of the older man's character...