Then they would claim the prisoner was trying to escape and get three days off for foiling it".
Prince Charles has been doing his bit, travelling to meet the political elite of a country where, even last week, police were foiling a dissident plot to murder him.
Already we know that electronic surveillance has been used in this country for purposes other than the perennial justifications of catching terrorists, foiling foreign spies and preventing military attacks.
A newspaper picture of young idealists in rubber boats foiling whalers or climbing an oil rig to warn of pollution was what kept the public sympathetic.
Their very complexity makes them perfect for foiling the rules of the equally complex tax codes of most rich countries.
What if his credit-card records show purchases of gadgets such as timing devices?If the authorities can and do collect such bits of data, piecing them together offers the tantalising prospect of foiling terrorist conspiracies.
The ruling party tampered with the results in both the presidential and the parliamentary election when Zanzibar voted last October, perhaps foiling an opposition win there.
Don't hold your breath ReprintsIn foiling the Republican scheme, Mr Reid, by a simple majority vote, established a precedent that will make it harder to attempt such ruses in the future.
Using heat-rays on the enemy might look bad in the newspapers, and put civilians off their breakfast.Cold showers are good for youTo every action there is, of course, an equal and opposite reaction, and researchers are just as busy designing ways of foiling electromagnetic weapons as they are developing them.
In other words, they do not conform in the slightest to the popular stereotype.In this section Foiling fear Confusing and confused They stooped to conquer The people's road Funny man Correction: Agincourt ReprintsShe acknowledges (how could she not?) that the Madrid and London bombings have given added urgency to the questions raised by the presence of these new Muslim communities.
