He enjoyed unquestioned autonomy but remained, nevertheless, a subject of the Sublime Porte. |
It's tempting to see the two-minute time penalty dished out to both Clarke and Porte as penalising sportsmanship. |
A specialist in electronic processes, Jean-Marie de la Porte is the Safran group project leader for the Open 60 racing boat. |
Little daunted, they got another firman in 1637, and since Venice, Austria and Poland were at war with the Porte, nothing was done. |
The Porte Rivotte gate was then widened and a drawbridge installed between the two conical-roofed towers. |
Hunt's acquisitive instincts far surpassed anything the Sublime Porte had in mind when it granted the firman. |