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Word: foils (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Iago, José Ferrer was no longer dwarfed by Robeson, but a proper foil. Too mild a villain last year from not wanting to be too melodramatic a one, Ferrer now is supple, mettlesome, lightly Mephistophelean-a virtuoso who lays bare the workings of Iago's fiendish mind, though not the mainsprings of his enigmatic nature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Play in Manhattan, Nov. 1, 1943 | 11/1/1943 | See Source »

...Julian) Louis Reynolds, 35, is vice president in charge of the foil division (which accounted for 65% of the company's sales before the war) ; Richard Jr., 32, is treasurer of the Reynolds companies. But the sons making the news now are the babies: 30-year-old William, the family giant (his 5 ft. 8½ in. puts him four inches above the other Reynolds men) , and David, 28 last month. For Billy and Dave run Reynolds' wildly expanding Aircraft Parts Division in Louisville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Rosy Reynolds | 7/5/1943 | See Source »

...fencing team, which recently elected a pair of cocaptains, held a second balloting recently to pick a single leader for next year's squad. Donald Mishara '46, of Eliot House and Malden, was chosen after having been picked originally as one of the coleaders of the sabre and foil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mishara to Captain Fencing | 3/16/1943 | See Source »

Responsible for the Crimson success at the Point were John Thompson, Al Rockwood, and DuBois in the foil, Bob Zaugg, Mike Olmstead, and Mishara in the epee, and Cary Kuhlmann, Captain John Ward, and Cooledge in the sabre event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWORDSMEN SHARE TITLE IN PENTAGONAL MATCH | 3/1/1943 | See Source »

Only in the epee was the Light Blue able to hold an advantage, winning 5 to 4. In foil and sabre, Coach Rene Peroy's tutees were 7 to 2 victors. Carl Kuhimann's three wins in the latter department sewed up matters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strong Fencing Team Takes Measure of Columbia, 18-9 | 2/23/1943 | See Source »

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