Sentences with phrase «year as a foil»

Hennessey unveiled the Exorcist, a tuner special based on the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, last year as a foil for the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon.

Not exact matches

Foiled terror plots against Jyllands - Posten, as well as this year's gun attack against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which reprinted the Danish cartoons in 2006, have changed the conversation on Islam and immigration in many European newsrooms.

Over the years he began to use that system as a foil for his increasing interest in theology.

The 61 - year - old has gone from being viewed as the Republican foil to Democrat Hillary Clinton to a serious contender on her own.

API's Trends Folio has been designed to be a working document for creatives and will be updated during the year with the latest macro-trends and creative uses of foils, films and laminates as they are launched.

You may remember Spain's Alex Corretja as the foil in Pete Sampras's dehydrating four - hour match at last year's U.S. Open.

Richard Kruse fell agonisingly short of winning Team GB's first medal at 2016 and Britain's first fencing medal for 52 years as he narrowly lost out in the battle for bronze in the men's individual foil.

Johan Djourou could be the perfect foil for Cameron Jerome's pace or Nikola Zigic's heading ability, whilst the constant threat of Kevin Phillips» knack of scoring out of nothing, as he did late on in last year's reverse fixture, should be taken into account.

He lived through 12 years as the loyal opposition to GOP Gov. George Pataki and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, foiled a coup attempt by former Assemblyman Mike Bragman in 2000, weathered Gov. Eliot «the steamroller» Spitzer and now has managed to get along with hard - charging Gov. Andrew Cuomo, largely by giving him pretty much everything he wants from a policy perspective (even things the Dems were never expected to go along with, like Tier VI and the property tax cap).

He used de Blasio as a foil during a dust - up over charter schools earlier this year that resulted in extraordinary giveaways to charters in the state budget.

The judge ruled last week in favor of Blake Morris, a lawyer and Senate candidate, who in February of last year was denied a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request seeking the Senate's mail guidelines, which determine how taxpayer - funded flyers, letters, and newsletters can be distributed, as well as how much money each member is allocated.

«Let's just say in the next four years, this particular speaker emerges as a foil to the mayor or continues the mayor's legacy,» she said.

But the plan was foiled when shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper tabled a Labour amendment supporting the extension of civil partnerships as long as a consultation on the plans took place immediately rather than in five years.

Even Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire independent who Mr. de Blasio treated as an arch-villain and foil during his winning campaign last year, can earn praise for his far - reaching public health policies.

For two years, Eva S. Moskowitz positioned herself as one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's most persistent foils: With a powerful signature issue — school choice — and a fearsome network of political supporters, Ms. Moskowitz was widely perceived as one of Mr. de Blasio's most dangerous potential obstacles to re-election.

Three and a half years later, that dream faded as Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt climbed into a frail - looking, foil - wrapped lunar module and blasted off the moon's surface.

Next Page: Kathryn Schifferle, 56 Chico, California [pagebreak] Kathryn Schifferle, 56 Chico, California Loves: Fencing As she lunges and parries in the signature white jacket and metallic vest worn by competitive foil fencers worldwide, Kathy Schifferle still marvels at how, eight years ago, she fell in love with the sport at «the ripe old age,» she says, of 48.

As beauty editors, we love a beauty trend that doubles as an accessory, and this year's foil freckle trend has us looking for every excuse to spackle our faces with metallic gold and silveAs beauty editors, we love a beauty trend that doubles as an accessory, and this year's foil freckle trend has us looking for every excuse to spackle our faces with metallic gold and silveas an accessory, and this year's foil freckle trend has us looking for every excuse to spackle our faces with metallic gold and silver.

Brashear petitions for two years to get into the diving school only to be foiled at every turn by a base commander (Hal Holbrook) who feels the only place in his Navy for a nonwhite, is as a cook.

Lean on Pete takes its name from a rundown racehorse that, at first, looks like it will provide a familiar emotional foil for a 15 - year - old boy as his life falls apart in rural Oregon.

For four years, he and Cosby in their scenes together comprised one of the funniest comedy double acts seen on television, his innocent yet conniving Griffin Vesey making the perfect foil to Cosby's ill - tempered curmudgeon Hilton Lucas; another highlight of his portrayal (and a clever «in» joke referring back to his work in Cool Runnings) were Griffin's occasional attempts to impress women by passing himself off as a West Indian, affecting a Jamaican accent.

Darkest Hour is a film of flummoxed old white men hollering at each other, a perfect foil to (and double - bill alongside) Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, both because the two take place at about the same time during the early years of World War II — as Hitler's world domination began to take shape and an invasion of the UK imminent — and because they are entirely different experiences: Dunkirk is all action, while Joe Wright's film is all words.

Between such comic book - balloon lines as «Revenge is mine,» «You picked the wrong planet» and that old standby, «This isn't over,» the mecha - aliens stop to explain that a) alien Autobots visited Earth a few thousand years before; b) a rogue Autobot known as The Fallen tried to destroy the Earth and was foiled by his robot buddies; and c) now he wants to destroy the Earth out of revenge for... not being allowed to destroy the Earth the first time.

The culmination of the MCU's first 10 years, the movie formally introduces lovers to «Mad Titan» Thanos as Earth's Mightiest Heroes try to foil his universe - altering plans.

Still, just as Ron Burgundy is the newsman we deserve, Anchorman 2 is the sequel fans have been clamoring for, and there's definitely fun to be had as Burgundy adjusts to having a black woman (Meagan Good's GNN exec Linda Jackson) for a boss even as he navigates rocky times with wife Veronica Corningstone - Burgundy (Christina Applegate) and seven - year - old son Walter (Judah Nelson), a surprisingly strong comic foil for Ron.

Created by Nick Park 20 years ago as a foil for Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep got his own spin - off TV series and now comes this feature - length movie.

Woody Harrelson, handed the supreme cliché role of cliché roles (as the wise teacher Mr. Bruner), is a hilariously mean foil for Nadine as an educator whose compassion has been chipped away at by years of experience in the public - school system.

Maserati designed the Levante, the first crossover in the company's 100 - plus - year history, as a foil for the likes of the Porsche Cayenne and BMW X5.

During the past years, Hyundai ambitions into the US - market (this may be applicable for other overseas markets such as Europe) to growth in terms of sales have been foiled by a scant lineup of crossovers and trucks and the focus on BRiC's markets.

Along with complimentary gray walls and plinths, the setting works as a perfect foil for the first 400 years of gilt - framed and white - marbled works.

Schulz and Bandau: In recent pieces at Sweetow, Bay Area painter Cornelia Schulz goes deeper into a vein she has worked for some years: the multi-part shaped canvas as a foil for one of abstract painting's potential weaknesses: the merely decorative.

Returning this year as the somewhat subdued Stateside foil to its more rambunctious, vanguard - scanning sister fair across the pond, Frieze New York excells in its more conservative showcases, with paintings and sculpture carrying the day — and video and other «curatorial» prestige elements less in evidence.

For the first seven years of her life, Fini was disguised as a boy whenever she left home to foil the kidnap attempts of her father.