Word: foil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more important subjects of concern than his popularity among students. He regrets that he must spent 40 percent of his time attending state hearings and meetings in Boston, but regards this function as necessary for philosophical as well as economical reasons, since "the University administration thereby acts as a foil to keep the Legislature out of educational policy." Although a public educator by choice, he received his Ph.D. at privately-endowed Princeton and emphasizes that he has "no bone to pick with private education"; his aim is merely to provide a sound college education for the thousands of Massachusetts students...
...would mass to save the posts, perhaps thrown for a greater loss by the pickpockets than the opposition. Back in 1951 a Harvard defensive unit held off a swarm of righteous Princetons for a full 20 minutes. That same year when the Crimson beat Brown officials had attempted to foil the raiders by covering the posts with a thick coat of lard. But blue blazers were used to wipe the posts clean enough to permit razing...
Easy Popper. Pre-seasoned popcorn, in an aluminum-foil package that can be popped by putting the pan-shaped container on the stove, has been put on the market by Top Pop Products Co. of Detroit and Taylor-Reed Corp. of Glenbrook, Conn. The foil expands as the corn pops, keeps the popped corn hot for an hour. Price...
...last against the 4,000-odd free cows and bulls at large in their city. A task force of 100 picked cow catchers, armed with ropes and long poles, gathered each night at dusk near the municipal post office for briefing. In deep secrecy, lest the cow owners foil their plans, the posses deployed to strategic spots in the city, blocking off the ends of streets and side alleys. Their main idea was to trap the vagrants and drive them into a temporary pound, but time and again the cornered cows would charge their pursuers and escape, frightening the wits...
...husband had slashed her fur coat with a knife while she was wearing it, was asked where she got the coat, told the judge: "My husband asked the same question-he objected to another man giving me the coat and started slashing." Reward. In Louisville, Chester Fawbush helped foil a $1,400 robbery, got his picture in all the papers, was picked up by police on a three-year-old grand larceny warrant...