Word: foil
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...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...
Harvard police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have warned all University affiliates to call police if they receive a package with excessive postage, oily stains or discolorations, the absence of a return address or protruding wires or tin foil...
Walter Matthau in Dennis the Menace: "I'm an old codger named Mr. Wilson, and the little blond kid next door drives me nuts. Baby-sitting Dennis is like having to listen to MTV at top volume. But he will foil a thief, retrieve the stolen booty and make me a better human being. G.D. that...
...contrary, giving to those who had less became ingrained in most of us during that era. Our parents subscribed to the old saying, "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." We saved string, and probably still do. We balled up tin foil. We expected to work hard...
...frequent guest was a blind preacher who had long advocated holy war. In a nearby apartment agents found electronics manuals and wiring and other bomb-making material. By week's end authorities had two men in custody. One, Ibrahim A. Elgabrowny, had dunked his hands into a toilet to foil any testing for traces of explosives, a prosecutor charged at his arraignment. The other, Mohammed A. Salameh, an illegal immigrant from Jordan, had rented the van that apparently carried the bomb into the Trade Center garage. In a scene that no thriller novelist would dare dream up, Salameh was arrested...