Word: foils
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ever be found. To do so might require conducting what one expert calls a "destructive search" -- which means nothing less than tearing the building apart. But some optimists believe that at least some rooms can be made secure, mostly by shielding them in copper, lead or other materials that foil electromagnetic emissions...
...squads entered in the two day tournament each fenced 108 bouts. Columbia captured first place with 80 victories, followed by Yale (76) and Princeton (72). Harvard finished with 53 wins, placing sixth in sabre, eighth in foil and ninth in epee...
...invention that he is particularly enthusiastic about is a hydro-foil sailboat designed to sail at twice the speed of the wind propelling it. The boat was a finalist in the 1981 international Rolex Awards for enterprise...
Papailias finished fourth out of 125 foil entrants, while Kosch and Leness finished in seventh and 11th places respectively in epee fencing...
...three weapons were soundly defeated, as sabre, foil and epee were trounced 16-2, 12-6, and 13-5, respectively...