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...foil event, a fencer scores when the tip of his foil touches the metallic vest worn by his opponent. In the sabre one scores with a touch to any part of the body above the hips. Epee fencers are awarded a point by touching any part of the body with their weapon...
...pace of the contest picked up measurably in the second half, beginning with the tip-off. Radcliffe controlled it and five seconds later Fulton eased a 15-ft. jump shot...
Irion uncorked the first whiff of grape shot when he opened the game with a three-point play. A tip-in by CCNY's blue chip guard Rich Silvera gave the New Yorkers an 8-7 lead until Jonas Honick pulled the trigger on a straightaway jumper to ease the Crimson into the lead...
...tip-off to Fried's perspective--and the book's climax--comes in the cpilogue, a transcript of Julian's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The vocal indignation of the committee notwithstanding, Julian's message is essentially no more than a liberal critique of American society; pointing to the vast economic gulf between rich and poor, he advocates the transformation of our social and economic structure as a prerequisite to the establishment of a truly representative government. The senators cry revolution, yet Prescott's revolution is not "the violent over-throw of the government" but rather...
...clear to Democrats and Republicans alike that he would not push immediately for budget-bending programs like national health insurance, welfare reform or a large-scale effort to create more jobs. Liberal Democrats were put off by this. "We ought to be able to do better than that," said Tip O'Neill, the next Speaker of the House, of Carter's unemployment goals. But O'Neill was already sounding like a man who knew he would have to defend Carter against the criticism of impatient liberals. Said he: "We'll have to give him time...