Word: foiling
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...Foil This, Jack...
...foil event, a fencer scores when the tip of his foil touches the metallic vest worn by his opponent. In the sabre one scores with a touch to any part of the body above the hips. Epee fencers are awarded a point by touching any part of the body with their weapon...
...foil, Harvard co-captain John Major started the match by narrowly defeating the number one foilman from NYU, 5-4. Major ended up with two victories and one defeat for the afternoon by beating NYU's number two man and losing to their number three fencer. Each of his decisions were decided by one-point margins...
Sophomore Eugene Vastola lost two duels at foil number two. Zivkovic called on David McClees to fight the third bout at the second spot, and the junior lost...
...lack of egregious weaknesses among the leads. Patty Woo is suitably mournful as Frederic's former nurse, and John Corenswet, as the Sergeant of Police, sings the famous "A policeman's lot is not a happy one" with a straight-faced sincerity that makes his an appropriate foil to the zany police chorus. Of all the major performances, only Gregrey Gorden's Pirate King sounds a sour note. Gorden lacks the bellowing bass and comic belligerence to sustain his caricature of the English peer gone wrong. Perhaps some fiercer make-up would have helped...