Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nine sabre matches, the men won only two bouts. Last night's 2-7 showing spoiled the team's solid performances in the foil and epee divisions...
...Last night's loss] is especially difficult to take because we competed well in the foil and epee against both MIT and now Brandeis," Brand said. "But if you lose 8-1 or 7-2 in the sabre, you're dead...
...best sellers and, fairly transparently, Turow's home turf of Cook County, Ill. For proper distancing, Robbie's outlandish tale is narrated with understated sympathy by his lawyer, a squeaky-clean member of the bar who is named after his distinguished ancestor, the colonial Virginian George Mason. Robbie's foil is Evon Miller, the latest iteration of one of page and screen's most popular new types: the female FBI agent...
...what happens when your hero can't see daylight without bursting into flames. Recovering bloodsucker Angel (David Boreanaz) has retreated to the sleazy side of L.A. to nurse a broken heart and protect humans, ideally without snacking on them. Besides its hulking, gloomy lead and self-absorbed-as-ever foil Cordelia, Angel also borrows Buffy's stylish thrills and its flashes of humor, sharp and surprising as teeth on your neck in a dark alley. Here's hoping it ultimately infuses more originality into the dynastic bloodline as well...
Aranow's achievement was particularly impressive since she had switched from foil to epee at the beginning of the season, and the two events typically require different strategies and fencing skills...