Word: foiling
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...characters move. The landscape Storey describes is not only social, but literary: beside the stolidity of a Lawrentian mining village, he sets the formal rigidity of a Dickensian public school, with its masters almost comic in their severity. Through this landscape flits the mystical figure of Stafford, Colin's foil, who, like Dickens' Steerforth, sloughs off the spoils of his prosperity and talent with the same ease with which they accrue...
Cataloguing the weaknesses of this production would be the easy thing to do. Better perhaps to start with its highlight: a charismatic vignette by Patty Woo as the devilishly sensuous maid. Uninhibited and secure in her own sexuality, Petra serves as a foil to the other characters, who are trapped in false unions and unable to heed their hearts' urgings. Woo's eloquent rendition of "The Miller's Son," a defense of her free and easy lifestyle and a prayer for future stability, is her only moment in the spotlight. But the energy and excitement she brings to this number...
Four Crimson fencers qualified for the finals with their records in the preliminary rounds: Jennings and Simmons at epee, sophomore Michael Bierer at saber, and co-captain John Major at foil...
...foil Major said he made the finals "by the skin of my teeth," with a 6-6 record in group I. Gene Vastola and Eric Mandelbaum added valuable team points with their victories in groups II and III, but neither made the finals...
Zivkovic announced yesterday that Jennings at saber, Major at foil and Simmons at epee will represent Harvard at the NCAA Championships at Notre Dame University March...