Producer George Martin was the perfect translator for the raw talent of John Lennon and his foil Paul McCartney, who reined in Lennon's more excessive tendencies.
The virtuous heads of a productive company became aware that the sleazy Gordon Gekko has insider information, and they act to foil his nefarious plans?
He was much better some eight minutes later, when he kicked out his right pad to foil Tyler Ennis set up alone in front.
Judge Leonie Brinkema, whose grandmotherly patience with Moussaoui serves as a perfect foil for his irreverence, has tried to shut him down, most recently by telling him he can only stay in the courtroom if he behaves.
His comments provide a comic foil to the anxiety investment bankers have caused these last few years.
David Sanborn was Bowie's main musical foil which means his saxophone playing dominates this excursion into what Bowie called "plastic soul".
On the wall behind his chair he had hung gold foil images of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth, and the fat elephant god, Ganapati.
Jesse Helms, who was often a political foil for Wellstone, admired his steadfastness on the issues.
He was fortunate to find in David Radler the perfect foil to help him realise his ambitions.
In his role, Rich said he acts as foil.
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His best stop came with 70 seconds left in the extra frame, when he held his ground and protected the right side to foil Drew Stafford, who was driving in on a 2-on-1 break.
The target man has experienced a renaissance at the JJB, forcing his way back into the England set-up as a foil for Manchester United's Wayne Rooney.
Largely unknown to the rest of the world -- and semi-forgotten in Iran -- when he announced his bid for president in March, Moussavi campaigned as a foil to Ahmadinejad.
Paul Collingwood provided a good foil at the other end as Pietersen looked set to emulate his feat against Australia in 2005 by reaching three figures.
Yet again Collingwood was the ideal foil, confidently pushing through the covers to the boundary early in his innings, and recording the fifty stand from 66 balls with Flintoff with a deft sweep off Botha.
No security code will ever foil a determined hacker with a supercomputer and a lot of time on his hands, but soon encryption should be adequate to placate most people.
His previous innings, of 73 at Durban against South Africa, served an absolutely crucial foil for Marvan Atapattu's memorable century.
Fisichella would provide a competitive but unthreatening foil for Alonso, having already been overshadowed by the Spaniard at Renault during his championship-winning seasons in 2005 and 2006.
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