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Word: foils (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...film, on the other hand, he is a milquetoast. He looks like a model from some fashion magazine--just as depressingly lifeless, unreal, and unlikeable. He is no more than a simple foil for Zorba. The film implies, apparently unintentionally, that this effeminate character is homosexual. Although the suggestion is later contradicted, it is unmistakable and confusing...

Author: By Heather J. Dubrow, | Title: Zorba the Greek | 3/10/1965 | See Source »

Unlike previous years, the team got off to a very successful start and even had Ivy title hopes for a short time. But then the bottom fell out of epee, and the sabre and foil didn't hold up the way they should have anyway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kolb, Dooley, Winig Carry Fencers Past Yale in Season's Finale, 20-7 | 3/9/1965 | See Source »

...native city, which lies on the fringes of the Western world, his work flirts with the Far East, draws from such predecessors as Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt as well as the tendrilous enticements of Jugendstil or art nouveau. He mingles oils and tempera with gold and silver foil, beeswax, and bits of peat moss and sand to make his almost bitter, labyrinthine pastries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: The Whirlpool of The Waters | 3/5/1965 | See Source »

...came to Cambridge minus All-American foil expert Ron Schwartz who was bed-ridden with influenza...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Take Cornell Match | 3/2/1965 | See Source »

...closer battle in the foil division resulted in a 5-4 victory for the Crimson, as both Dave Dooley and Tom Musliner took two out of their three bouts. The win advances the fencers' over-all record to 11-4, and boosts their Ivy League record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Take Cornell Match | 3/2/1965 | See Source »

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