Word: tyrants
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Wives” is also the least obnoxious political video of the year. Sure, America is a bully in the video, but he’s also a high school kid. This tyrant teen imposes sanctions (via the lunchroom), violates human rights (by restricting bathroom access), and finds weapons (a slingshot) whose origins are suspect...
...formed in 1919 that promises to liberalize the economy and enact political reforms. The Muslim Brotherhood, a banned but tolerated group with widespread appeal among Egyptians (its candidates, run as independents, constitute the biggest single opposition bloc in parliament) called on its supporters to vote - but not for a "tyrant." Because the Brotherhood is prevented from fielding a candidate of its own, this call has been interpreted as an exhortation to support opposition candidates...
...time for the Justice Department to live up to its name by renouncing the tactics of the bully and the methods of the tyrant,” Harper wrote. In an interview this week, he recalled that time as challenging. “We were very much at loggerheads with the Justice Department,” he said...
...base to free Vargas, who declared that he had been double-crossed by the President. Thus began a second rebellion. Vargas threatened to march on the presidential palace. Before a cheering audience of 600 supporters outside the air base, he boasted, "I am going to fight against this tyrant...
...Greenberg was able to persuade foreign leaders and regulators to do his bidding, he was at times a tyrant too. He demanded loyalty and was capable of terrorizing the people who worked for him. "I always prepared myself to the hilt when I was to see him," says Gerard Roche, veteran executive recruiter at Heidrick & Struggles, which has placed executives at AIG. Greenberg liked to keep his meetings short--say, 10 minutes--and quickly lost patience with anyone not prepared. Then would come the famous Greenberg tongue lashing. His former daughter-in-law Nikki Finke, who knew the family throughout...