Word: foil
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...battle of the subcontinental spooks is played out across the region, with the ISI and RAW busily trying to foil each other's machinations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. They seldom do the dirty work themselves, relying instead on henchmen who are gangsters, separatist chiefs and extremists inside each other's borders...
Mathayus’ diverse sidekicks provide an excellent foil for The Rock’s talent (at times better than his WWF counterparts) that keeps the narrative running smoothly. Peter Facinelli plays a wily Arabic horse thief whose lines are always amusing as he is torn between fear of death and lust for adventure. He teams with Kelly Hu, sorceress and Mathayus’ love interest, to form The Rock’s crew as he struggles to achieve peace between nations...
Hence the administrative hesitancy to approve OutKast clearly rests on dubious grounds. Yet, Illingworth is a smart man, and I suspect that he knows that his arguments are specious. In fact, so do members of the HCC. Indeed, HCC members see Illingworth’s comments as a foil for other more problematic administrative intentions...
...over!" Curtis may have spent the 50s playing pretty boys at Universal, but he was still Bernie Schwartz from the Bronx, and "Sweet Smell" gave Curtis the role he was born to play - even as he knew Sidney was born (and condemned) to play J.J.'s well-tailored foil. "Look at the way Sidney looked," Curtis told Buford. "So...perfect. Great-looking, lean, silk shirts, tapered trousers. Couldn't get out of that environment. He's there forever...
Explosive-ordnance-disposal experts with the Joint Special Operations Command are on call to fly in and assist the scientists in taking apart anything they find, but so far, NEST has turned up nothing in the searches. Administration officials admit that, just like putting sky marshals on airliners to foil potential hijackers, sending the NEST teams out is a shot in the dark. "But it's better than having them sitting at home doing nothing," says...