Word: foiling
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...longer support Papandreou's me-or-nobody policy in Parliament. They claimed the backing of another 25 to 30 Center Union members. If true, it would cut Papandreou's hard core to fewer than 120 Deputies (out of 300), making it all but impossible for him to foil singlehanded the King's next choice for Premier...
...next, one sees his genious flash through as he monologues excerpts from Antony's funeral oration and Lear's storm speech. Eyes blazing, he momentarily recaptures the brilliance he possessed as a young actor. As the aged prompter, Mike Owens is good, but is really primarily a foil for the actor...
...millions by manufacturing uncomplicated products and marketing them with single-minded concentration. Atlanta's Alvin Weeks, 41, began by mixing divinity fudge on his mother-in-law's stove; with his profits, he branched into baking, saw the potential of marketing sweet rolls in easy-to-heat foil pans, this year will sell $6,000,000 worth of "Aunt Fanny's" sweet rolls to supermarkets, airlines and other large buyers. For Cincinnati's Joseph McVicker, 34, the payoff idea was to turn doughlike wallpaper cleaner into a nonsticky modeling compound for children. Although the toymakers told...
...when ultimately everyone has to admit that they do not believe in it, they are utterly convinced of the real necessity for her magnetic and pathetic fancy. Mr. Rosen remains to the right degree uncommitted and self-effacing and so becomes, in the short time he has, both foil and character. The effect is good...
Eric Bregman as Sir Petronal Flash hadn't so obviously choreographed his part, but he never relaxed in it. With his oversexed wife for a foil, he should have been able to bring down the house with a glance...