Word: foil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doubt they'll have problems, mainly with Hamas. They will focus on increased terror activities against Israelis. They believe that the best way to foil the deal is to create antagonism to the agreement among the Israelis. We had lately suicide terror acts. It creates problems...
...have the aluminum-foil part...
...Listen to this requirement for the testing of 'finish, floor, nonbuffing.' 'Cut a two-and-one-half-inch square of aluminum foil of three millimeters thickness minimum, having one side mirror bright. Wash the square with alcohol and air dry. The mirror-bright side should give a spectrum that differs less than 2% transmittance from the standard front-surface test used in the specular reflectants accessory.' " A reporter interjects, "Why don't we do this later?" Gore says, "This will just take a second...
...sole candidate. Every opposition group in the country, including the Muslim Brotherhood, refuses to endorse him. As election time approaches, Mubarak is talking vaguely about reform. In a recent speech he called for more cooperation "between all political forces" in order to "surround the abyss of terrorism and foil its plots." His supporters say he intends to resign his party post, in order to try to raise the presidency above politics, and to appoint new, more vigorous ministers to key economic posts in the Cabinet. If the economy continues to stagnate, however, the Islamists can count on the despair...
...character of Helen is a sort of straight foil to that of John, despite Helen's considerable mental problems. Strangely enough, the connection that Drugge and Stone form through these characters does manage to be family-like, giving the audience no choice but to believe...