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He did not wish to be foiled in his object.

This week the British police said he had been the target of a foiled assassination attempt.

So the only time I decided to be Canadian instead of American my talkative husband foiled my plans.

But in the beginning, his knowledge was as poor as his thoughts were shallow, so he ran into snags and was foiled everywhere.

But much is still up in the air in Iraq and Mr Shahristani's ambitions have often been foiled by disagreements within Baghdad's power elite.

They said the attacks were foiled after a surveillance operation lasting many months and with only days, perhaps, in hand.

Of his speeches, perhaps the best known are those he made against Catiline, whose uprising he foiled.

The German attempt to cow the British nation, or shatter their warmaking capacity and willpower by bombing, had been foiled .

Spanish police Friday said they had foiled a plot to use a zeppelin airship to help a prisoner break out of a jail on the Canary Islands.

If you are trying to move a small distance or have had your expansion foiled , its time to unpack the MCV and do things the sloppy way.

On Thursday, the German navy said it had foiled an attempt by pirates to hijack an Egyptian cargo vessel off Somalia.

This move had not been unforeseen, but our plans to intercept him were foiled by the quickness of his withdrawal.

They did not say which country was the target of the foiled plot.

The nine-year-old boy foiled the two cheats' plan to ask his parents for a ransom.

Even the best ones can be foiled, though, by a sufficiently willful programmer committed to ignoring basic principles of memory management.

The reports alarmed locals, but successive attempts to track down and capture the animal were foiled as it disappeared into the woods.

And Lone Star was foiled in its attempt to sell Korea Exchange Bank for a handsome profit.

The curfew has now been lifted, but the army announced it had foiled a coup attempt. Roadblocks are still frequent.

Instead of that line about consulting and finding things, put 'Fiends Foiled, Monsters Mangled, Vampires Vanquished, Demons Demolished. '

All elements on the cover are hot foiled, the whole object rests on an extra produced stand made of stainless steel.

The prisoners'attempt to escape was foiled at the last minute when police received a tip-off.

The group considered the company's financial position, the economics of the market niche and other factors that foiled its strategy.

Passengers on that plane are believed to have foiled a plot to crash it into a landmark in Washington.

Fournier has attempted his stunt twice, but technical and weather-related problems foiled the efforts before he left the ground.

Officials are still investigating a foiled plot to blow up the airliners between the US and Great Britain.

If Mr. Walker's plan was to push his bill through before anyone had a chance to realize his true goals, that plan has been foiled.

Airline shares fell sharply yesterday as the foiled terrorist attacks sparked fears about a reduction in transatlantic traffic.

A member of the fertiliser-bomb plot foiled in 2004 told police he had been radicalised in a mosque in Luton.

But also, the book was launched in time for me to be accused of constructing the blueprint for a foiled coup attempt.

The enemy's attack on the liberated area was foiled.

The police foiled the murderer's attempt to escape.

Some attempted to circumvent the rail chaos, but back-up plans were often foiled as well.

They conferred outside Washington just days after Britain foiled a plot to blow up U. S. -bound airliners over the Atlantic.

Haier also tried to make a name brand acquisition in appliances, but its attempted takeover of Maytag in 2005 was foiled by Whirlpool.

In a Washington speech, Mr. Bush detailed the global effort that foiled a plot to use hijacked planes to attack Los Angeles.

On September 5th the German authorities said they had foiled a plot to bomb American military facilities there (see article).

and Algerians who hijacked a French airliner the same year tried to fly it into the Eiffel Tower but were foiled.

Apparently, on Mar. 7, a hijacking attempt by separatists from the Muslim-majority province of Xinjiang had been foiled.

This year, Mr Webb almost single-handedly foiled Mr Li's attempt to take private his company, PCCW.

The plot appears to have been modelled on another failed terrorist attack foiled in Manila in 1995.

The police have foiled a plot to assassinate the president.

Officials are still investigating a foiled plot to blow up airliners between the US and Great Britain.

In the same way the compotiers can be filled with colorful candies or silver-foiled chocolates or gum drops, which will keep for months!

But once again his ambition was foiled by my fierce objection: that road was too harsh, too dangerous for a cyclist.

In Bauchi, there were reports that police had foiled an arson attack on an election centre.

Unfortunately, they'll be foiled there as well since LJ is down, too.

He was foiled in his attempt to escape.

The rules were introduced after Britain's security services foiled a plot to blow up airliners using liquid explosives last August.

Even parents who take a more traditional approach can get foiled by technology.

On Saturday, Barack Obama, the US president, accused the al-Qaeda group of being behind the foiled attack.

That was where the plot was foiled in early 2002, when a key operative was arrested in a country that has not yet been named.

The durham, protective of Jacen, aided his efforts of escape, but Vergere foiled his larger plans of sabotage.

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She was hired to assassinate Hapan Queen Mother Tenel Ka and her young daughter Allana, but was ultimately foiled by Jacen Solo.

How the FBI foiled this gang's murderous plan to destroy an oil refinery.

The plot is foiled after Ali and his lover, a fellow recruit, are arrested and tortured.

His attempt to deceive us was foiled.

He was foiled in his attempt of poisoning the friendship between us.

What if the attacks had been foiled or bungled?

Zhou Yu tries to take Jing Province repeatedly but his plans are foiled three times by Zhuge Liang.

The other foiled democracy movement was in 1988, when Suu Kyi found herself literally thrust on the political stage.

His attempts to make plastic from potato starch were foiled by hungry snails.

The agency has foiled the plot to target the tunnels between Manhattan and New Jersey.

Or will vampires be foiled, as they often are, by Muppets?

But the green ambitions of other clubs have been foiled.

Chinese authorities recently foiled one case involving 50 kilograms of heroin and 30 carpets imported from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The plan was foiled when he was met with resistance from the English faculty.

but it was foiled. and the suspect was found on board.

While blasters do deliver a searing concussive blast, they can be foiled by magnetic seals and deflector shields.

If so, that suggests many leads that may now be traced, and many plots potentially foiled, thanks to the raid.

The plot was foiled only by the bomber's own incompetence and some alert passengers.

Since then more news has emerged of alleged plots that were foiled.

The evil wizard's plan was foiled by the band of brave heroes.

Police in South Africa this week, one Tuesday and two days of the arrest of 34 suspects and foiled a planned robbery 4.

The conspirators will be foiled in their intrigue.

The country's police say they foiled a similar attack in September.

It's thought that larger chunks such as Vesta could have merged into planets had they not been foiled by Jupiter's gravity.

He was foiled in his attempt.

He also said that China's volatile market has foiled expectations in the past.

Foiled! ! And by man's best friend!

In the past few months several attacks have been foiled this way.

This is the third time in recent weeks that the police have foiled attempts to send ETA terrorists into Spain.

Foiled again.

Their attempt to recapture Calais was foiled thwarted by a traitor

They foiled a plan to hijack and down a passenger plane

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