Word: reigns
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...turning on their beloved Bleus - warning "we mustn't burn today what we considered beautiful yesterday." Messier wasn't so lucky. Though once regarded as a national hero for turning a sleepy French water company into the world's second-largest media group, Vivendi Universal, Messier saw his corporate reign come to an ignoble end last week as the stock market and the French media, business and cultural élite - and even the Elysée itself - converged to oust him. In France, Messier's name is now close to dirt - which also approximates Vivendi Universal's stock price. Shares...
...city was known as the murder capital of the Philippines. During the 21-year rule of strongman Ferdinand Marcos, the military spared neither the rod nor the gun to battle a spate of insurgencies, including one by the communist New People's Army (NPA). By the end of Marcos' reign, many in Mindanao were sick of the government and sided with the NPA?even when it sent hit squads, called "Sparrow Units," to assassinate policemen and soldiers in Davao. But the Sparrows got cocky and started bumping off suspected informants and civilians. As a counter, a vigilante group called Alsa...
...times. Pala has suspicions?but no evidence?about who ordered the attack. (Duterte denies involvement.) Pala argues that Duterte deserves no credit for Davao's rebirth. "How can he say Davao is safer when children"?that's to say teenagers?"are being killed indiscriminately?" It is, he adds, "a reign of terror...
...members, it has bedeviled successive Philippine governments in recent years, carrying out kidnappings and otherwise terrorizing local residents. Manila has sent reinforcements to the region, hoping that a final showdown is near. But Abu Sayyaf has shown an uncanny ability to evade capture in the jungle--and continue its reign of terror...
...immediately returned to Kozlowski's apartment on New York City's Fifth Avenue--and in some cases shipped empty boxes to New Hampshire--to claim an exemption from New York sales tax. But those allegations look like just the starting point for a broader criminal probe into Kozlowski's reign at Tyco. Investigators at the D.A.'s office believe Kozlowski was using Tyco money to buy not only the artwork but also the $18 million duplex it was supposed to adorn, according to a source close to the investigation...