(b) Gold foil activation gold foil is susceptible to activation by neutrons.

I'll be your foil, Laertes.

Did He not foil their strategy

Did He not foil their strategy

Now, think about your interactions with aluminum foil.

This is some aluminum foil, right? You use it in the kitchen.

The DEBIE instrument combines piezoelectric microphones with impact plasma sensing and foil penetration.

Pistol, rapier, foil spear, bow, poison, rifle. Six times I have been wounded.

If placed in close proximity to an object emitting neutrons, or its container, the foil may be activated sufficiently that radio spectroscopy of resulting activation products in the foil could yield low fidelity information on the nature of the neutron flux.

Moreover, failure to deal with the importance of the social dimension of development can foil efforts at sustainable development.

Pursuing the sources of terrorist financing so as to foil preparation of terrorist acts, developing mechanisms for collecting information on terrorist networks, and working to block outlets for recruiting terrorists.

Shape retaining is common in metal you bend a piece of aluminum foil, and it holds its place. Contrast that with a plastic garbage can and you can push in the sides and it always bounces back.

It is thanks to Allah's grace and their alertness that the security forces have been able to foil a total of 52 terrorist operations in preemptive strikes that have thwarted the occurrence of any further loss in life or property.

In developing its new security strategy, Europe must consider America s role as an essential component of the geopolitical environment, viewing the US not as a foil, but as a nuanced partner. Beyond NATO, which remains important even at a low ebb, the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership offers a potent opportunity to shape a rule based international order.

The charge of currency manipulation is nothing but a foil for the US to duck responsibility for fixing America s saving problem. Lacking any semblance of a strategy to boost savings not just a long term fix to the federal government s budget deficit, but also meaningful incentives for personal saving US politicians have turned to yet another quick fix.

In the aftermath of the bilateral relationship s ill fated reset, Russia has been eager to maintain its global position as a foil to the US, causing many people on both sides to revert to a Cold War mentality. By falling into this trap, the US has provided President Vladimir Putin with endless fodder to score political points and solidify his domestic position.

Nevertheless, Abbas was able to forge an agreement with the political arm of Hamas for the formation of a unity government. It was to foil this agreement that the military branch of Hamas, run from Damascus, engaged in the provocation that brought a heavy handed response from Israel which in turn incited Hezbollah to further provocation, opening a second front.

The United States, moreover, remained a perfect foil for a leader with pretensions to global leadership. The Bush administration s incoherent foreign policy included a plan to build a missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, which allowed Putin to revive the Old Europe New Europe divisions that began with the Iraq war, with this split appearing to enhance Russian influence on the continent.

When politicians debated the EU s future, they spoke of finality the end formula of European integration, as defined in a famous lecture by German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in 2000. The accompanying intellectual debate, inaugurated by the philosophers Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida, defined the nature of European identity, above all, against the foil of the United States, but also in terms of the challenges posed by globalization.

Cuba has not only endured Cuba and its people have managed to survive the so called end of history and harassment by the mightiest Power of all time. These rooms and corridors have witnessed abusive pressures, blackmail and threats to foil any Cuban proposition. Quite a few countries have lost credit facilities, seen business and trade transactions cancelled or sustained political retaliation, even for merely abstaining or choosing to be absent during the ballot.