Word: foils
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have young fencers," Einaudi said. "We could not expect much, especially in foil. We had some nice surprises along...
After being abandoned by all three foil starters at the beginning of the season, the Crimson (0-5) went on to occupy the last spot in the Ivy League...
...separate weapon categories, the Crimson was seventh in sabre, tenth in foil, and sixth in epee...
...Talent's foil, Guy Clinch, is a British Sherman McCoy, the Wall Street fall guy of The Bonfire of the Vanities. "He had a tremendous amount of money, excellent health, handsomeness, height, a capriciously original mind; and he was lifeless," writes Amis of Clinch. Samson Young, the narrator and American scribbler who thinks he is writing Amis' novel, represents cultural lowlife. "A little media talk and Manhattan networking soon schmoozed her into shape" is his oily take on subduing Guy's wife Hope...
...foil, except for Okumura's loss in the first round, all bouts went to the Crimson. And in epee, Harvard again dominated by taking seven of nine bouts. Loeser lost in the first and second rounds...