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Vastola won a spot on the first-team foil team, tying for most wins in any event with his 13-2 record. Homer (9-6) was selected to the sabre first team, and Bieker (8-7) to the foil second team...
...contrast to them, Selden, as Tchaik's lascivious and suave friend, does not have a complete grasp of his part. He is neither smooth nor debonnaire enough to be convincing as the sophisticated yet shallow ladies' man who serves as a foil for Tchaik's awkward naivete. Selden does have good stage presence, but his adrenalin falters too often, as does his sporadic British accent...
...organization has a well-guarded auto body shop that builds secret compartments; with ingenuity, 500 pocket-size Bibles can be stuffed into a Volkswagen bug. Besides literature, the teams sometimes bring in clothing, radios, even debugging equipment to foil police surveillance...
...Zivkovic scurried around after the end of the ECAC s collecting equipment, taking apart the six fencing strips and transforming the basketball floor of the IAB back into its original state. He seemed completely immersed in his work. But when asked about the performance of 1979's top Ivy foil fencer, he said, "Gene fenced well, but I really expected he would take this championship. This was his year." Ben Zivkovic was disappointed...
...crowd responded loudly with each near miss, eager to see its favorite dispose of the foil champion and leave a suggestion, at least, that he, in fact, should have occupied the top spot. But just as Vastola prepared for a low attack, McNamara came in with his point high and jabbed the Crimson captain in the chest. The crowd was disappointed...