Counterfoil

The key "Swiftboater" John O'Neill had first been used as a 'counterfoil' to John Kerry by Richard Nixon. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On his return from Vietnam O'Neill was tapped by the Nixon Administration to act, in the words of Chuck Colson, as a "counterfoil" to Kerry's Vietnam Veterans Against the War. ❋ Unknown (2009)

John O'Neill had first been used as a 'counterfoil' to John Kerry by Richard Nixon. running an operation to jam Democratic Party phones during the 2002 election in New Hampshire? robocalls in Virginia. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These included establishing diplomatic relations with China and developing it as a counterfoil to Soviet influence; breaking Egypt loose from the Soviet sphere; supporting Soviet dissidents and helping to greatly increase the emigration of Russian Jews; and accelerating the development of advanced weaponry such as cruise missiles and precision bombs, where the United States held a huge technological advantage over the Soviets. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

I admire him for his innovative magic systems as well as his ability to constantly give readers a different story from his previous books & since this book is like a counterfoil to the story told in Elantris, comparison will be inevitable. ❋ Liviu (2009)

Davey Campbell acts as a violent counterfoil to Gerry as they continue to head towards a confrontation of which the outcome is unclear. ❋ Liviu (2009)

By Celia Deane-Drummond 1. Transhumanism as counterfoil to wisdom ❋ William Harryman (2009)

Some of the slogans were painted on the counterfoil of some streets and others on posters that were fastened to poles and buildings. ❋ Unknown (2005)

He handed back the book to Lagune, open at the blank counterfoil of a cheque that had been removed. ❋ Herbert George (2004)

“Surely,” he said, “he has not — Will you read it out — the cheque, the counterfoil I mean, that I am unable to see?” ❋ Herbert George (2004)

If their names do not appear on printed voters 'rolls, but their names are on computer, they will be required to fill in an ERI15W Declaration, and their ID numbers must be written on the counterfoil of their ballot papers. ❋ Unknown (1995)

Counterfoils in these booklets carry a number and the voter's identity number will be written on the counterfoil, but the ballot paper itself will not be numbered. ❋ Unknown (1995)

Their ID numbers would be written on the counterfoil of their ballot paper. ❋ Unknown (1995)

He criticised the shortages experienced on Wednesday and the printing of new ballot papers without serial numbers or counterfoil on newsprint, saying they were easier to tamper with and were also extraordinarily difficult to count. ❋ Unknown (1994)

He objected to the printing of new ballot papers without serial numbers or counterfoil on newsprint, saying they were easier to tamper with. ❋ Unknown (1994)

Harold Brodkey's big book The Runaway Soul appears before us trailing a long prepublication history, many high commendations, and a counterfoil of questioning if not derogatory comments. ❋ Adams, Robert M. (1991)