The Bandbox Plot of November 4th 1712, foiled by Jonathan Swift (author of "Gulliver's Travels"), was an attempt.

1712年11月4日，遭《格列佛游记》作者乔纳森·斯威夫特挫败的硬纸盒密谋，就是一次谋杀牛津伯爵兼财务大臣罗伯特·哈利的尝试。

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The plot is foiled by heroic and kindly Soviet officers.

该阴谋被英勇善良的苏联军官挫败了。

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Every terrorist plot, successful or foiled, seems to lengthen the gauntlet of checks.

似乎每一个恐怖计划，不管成功与否，都加长了安检时间。

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In the wake of Friday's foiled terror plot,President Obama has requested two reviews of U.S.security procedures.

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He planted a timer bomb in his pregnant Irish fiancee's hand luggage, without her knowledge, but the explosives were detected and the plot was foiled.

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The plot was foiled early on because the alleged bomber was a mole for a foreign intelligence service working against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, according to officials familiar with the case.

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Less than a year after the Zazi plot was foiled, on May 1, 2010, Pakistani Taliban recruit Faisal Shahzad tried and failed to detonate a bomb consisting of propane, gasoline and fireworks in an SUV parked in Times Square.

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