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Word: foils (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard's inexperience--the team has only two seniors--was apparent as the Elis won handily in all three weapons: 7-2 in the sabre, 7-2 in the foil, and 6-3 in the epee. But despite the score, the Crimson put forth a tremendous effort...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elis Crush Swordsmen; Crimson Ends Season | 3/2/1989 | See Source »

...roommate planned to get to Harvard Hall and join our upstairsneighbor who had been there since 5 a.m. and was the first person on line. Little did she know that a lynch mob of huge water polo players would foil her plan...

Author: By Tracy Kramer, | Title: Going Through Hell for Hockey | 3/2/1989 | See Source »

Weintraub's win was followed by another 5-4 comeback by junior Arthur Phillips. Sophomore Dave Saef's 5-2 win in the foil deadlocked the match, 13-13, and all the pressure was directed at Harvard's Tony Loeser...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swordsmen Eke Out 14-13 Win Over Cornell | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...automatically too. Just include a surcharge on their driver's-license fees. Penalize city dwellers for their higher rate of claims? Sure, but do it automatically, by basing the amount of the deductible on the place the accident occurs: higher in cities, lower in the country. (This would also foil urban drivers who cheat by registering their cars in the boondocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fill 'Er Up with No-Fault, Please | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...House, members of Congress denounced the nation's radio talk-show hosts, who, along with consumer advocate Ralph Nader, helped foil the legislators' attempt at raising their own salaries. High-powered Washington journalist David S. Broder ridiculed radio jocks, accusing them of "knownothing demagoguery" in a recent column. And the film Talk Radio, loosely based on Denver host Alan Berg's life and death at the hands of neo-nazis, portrayed talk-show callers and the hosts as lunatics babbling bizarre opinions to moronic listeners...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Talking About Talk Radio | 2/23/1989 | See Source »

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