Word: foils
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More interesting is the contest for what amounts to the soul of this den of thieves. There is a communist among them, a man intent upon sabotaging their efforts. He's a man full of noble speeches and ready to sacrifice all of their lives in order to foil the Nazi's plan, not because he disapproves of it, but because it is an act of resistance...
...Space Odyssey,” and “Driving Miss Daisy” all get their own indie treatments, to the delight of those within and without the film. Gondry turns the audience into children again, as they giddily await each brilliant novelty.Comedic foil Black makes for a great pied piper. He brings a manic, absurd energy to his character that doesn’t ask viewers to suspend their disbelief so much as thrash them into submission. Exuberance and relentlessness on his part make up for Mos Def’s hopelessly awkward dialogue: he mumbles, murmurs...
...defeating Brown, 21-6. The women also finished third, losing, 17-10 to Columbia and a nail-biter, 14-13, to the Bears, despite defeating Cornell, 17-10. The men were simply overmatched in the meet against the Lions, with the lone close call coming in a 5-4 foil defeat. Junior co-captain Kai Itameri-Kinter notched one of the most impressive wins of the day, defeating Columbia sophomore and foilist Kurt Getz, one of the best in the country. Itameri-Kinter was honored for his performance with first team All-Ivy accolades. The men’s squad...
...defined as a shadowy coalition of America’s (Muslim) enemies, not a feeling; “compassion” is not a virtue, but a hidebound, evangelical conception of charity. Amid this catalog of inexactitudes, the most egregious example must be terror’s foil, “freedom”: In its reduction to the neoconservative excuse par excellence and a shoddy façade of altruism, all the chauvinism of the White House word-smiths is laid bare; at once, all their broad divisiveness is realized and perpetuated...
...junior co-captain Kai Itameri-Kinter said, later adding, “they kept Penn to only one victory when we were really struggling. Without that we wouldn’t have been able to make it a close matchup.” The men’s foil saw its strength diminish as the day went on. After crushing the Tigers, 9-0, the squad came back with a mediocre performance in a 5-4 loss to the Bulldogs, and then was crushed itself in a 8-1 defeat against the Quakers. The saber, too, went from one extreme...