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Word: foils (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kaufer also qualified to advance for his second straight year to the NCAAs at Princeton next week. He will be joined there by senior Michael Merner, who speared third place in the foil division. As a team the Crimson placed fourth in the foil competition...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Kaufer Wins Individual Title; Fencers Place Fourth in Meet | 3/13/1984 | See Source »

...Harvard men's fencing team rounded out its Ivy League season Saturday by foiling Yale, 16-11. Senior Captain Steve Kaufer and sophomore Jeff Levy were both 3-0 on the day, and senior Mike Merner, weapons leader in foil, finished his Ivy career with a strong performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men's Fencing | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...Tracey's life at home and in school is represented so shallowly--her bedroom, for example, is decorated in flowers like a cheap innocence metaphor--that her indecision seems fickle rather than agonized. Her passion for Rourke takes on the same superficiality, and Hannah's performance becomes a mere foil for Quinn...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Boy Meets Girl | 2/7/1984 | See Source »

...Crimson won the open division, 5-4, but lost the foil and sabre events...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men's Fencing | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

...sober, dutiful son of Armenian immigrants, Deukmejian began his career as an attorney in Long Beach, grappling his way up in law and politics by means of single-minded hard work more than personality or connections. As state attorney general, Deukmejian proved a tough law-and-order foil to liberal Governor Jerry Brown, pushing hard for California's death penalty. Before then, Deukmejian had served 16 years as a representative in both the state assembly and senate. Married and with three children, Deukmejian is unabashedly square in his habits and style. Weekends, he commutes to his family home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California's Down-to-Earth Duke | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

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