Word: foiling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Soviet Union. Fifty-two Soviet army divisions sit along China's northern frontier. China shares with the U.S. a mistrust of Moscow's international designs, but its leaders bridle when U.S. strategy seems to regard them primarily as a strategic foil to the Soviets. Indeed, last week Moscow announced that First Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Arkhipov will make an official trip to China in mid-May; he will be the highest-ranking Kremlin visitor since the early 1960s. Moreover, Peking is seeking to become the Middle Kingdom in modern geopolitical terms, a genuinely nonaligned state...
...EVEN STRENGTH of the cast is remediable with each actor operating on the same level of stylization Frettra Miller is hilarious and convincing as Beneatha Younger, an idealistic high spirited, and insolent girl. She makes a wonderful foil for her brother, playing the role of the naive pretender with living accuracy. Diane Cardwell is solid as Ruth Younger, with the manners and look of a slightly worn but loving wife. Cardwell only has trouble with her role at two points late in the play, where she is supposed to show herself overcome by strong emotion. It seems...
...almost a caricature of intolerance and insensitivity. Showing no understanding of human imperfection or feelings, he constructs a dream world of perfection around his doll-wife Nora and cannot understand her violating it, even to save his life. In lesser hands the role could come off as a mere foil for Nora to rebel against. It is to Dalton's credit that his Torvald is not only real, but also sympathetic; we understand how Nora cold once have loved him. The intensity Dalton brings to his role paints Torvald as a victim of his own insecurity; his seeming intolerance...
While not conceding for a minute that the male jingoist Ralph might be a vehicle for his own views, Leo admits that the original Wanda was a bit wan, serving as a foil for her splenetic spouse. "The characters have developed over the years," says their creator. "It used to be Ralph the triumphant curmudgeon teasing Wanda the trendy feminist. But Wanda has become a lot smarter. For one thing, the column worked better that way. Each of them could express sharper opinions and then get corrected or put down or yelled at by the other. Also...
...twisters left behind scenes that might have been conceived by a macabre surrealist. In some farming areas the dead bodies of cows were found hanging from trees, and in McColl, S.C., an aluminum fishing boat was wrapped around a tree trunk like foil paper. Near by, all that remained of what had been a section of old frame houses was a field of splintered wood, with undamaged household articles sticking out incongruously. Two rescue workers diverted themselves from the grim task of searching through the debris for bodies by staging an impromptu open-air musicale. One weary young...