In 1978, Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov was killed in London, stabbed by a poisoned umbrella point wielded by an unknown secret agent. |
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Waitrose wielded its article like a magic wand, and with a little abracadabra, hey presto! |
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Or use the quant, a long, very long, punting pole wielded against the soft mud of the bottom like a knight's lance. |
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In battle, it could be wielded as a quarterstaff against swordsmen, or as a pike against cavalry. |
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In the colonial context, the camera wielded by white Europeans was an intrusive weapon of domination. |
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The sturdy fighters each wielded rattan sticks that resembled police batons. |
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The katana became a dangerous weapon when he wielded it as fast and expertly as he did. |
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It did not help that it had been years since he had wielded any weapon other then a small dagger. |
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The figure wielded her weapon expertly, a large meat-cutting knife, and the man was down shortly. |
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She pulled her staff from its bindings on her back, and was stunned momentarily as the other wielded a similar weapon. |
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This bandit was a lot bigger than the other bandits and he wielded his weapons with skill. |
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It was really quite remarkable to watch, and she stared in awe as he wielded his weapon with expert precision and timing. |
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Lucifer once wielded this weapon, but was defeated and the sword was sealed away using a sealing key. |
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The graceful lines of the woodwork seemed at odds with the rough hands that wielded the tools. |
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The Protestant public also wielded the power to obscure their influence in the public sphere and redefine the terms of public debate. |
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In the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan wielded enormous influence within the national Democratic Party. |
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An air gun could be a potent weapon at close ranges and has to be wielded with utmost caution. |
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Family businesses present an especially knotty problem because in those companies, power is often wielded by owners wedded to the past. |
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Politicians are elected, power is wielded, contracts are awarded, and government largess is handed out on the basis of tribal affiliations. |
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Socialist realism was sometimes wielded arbitrarily as a tool of discipline by the party. |
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Rather, they wielded knives, machetes, and swords, necessitating close proximity to the victims. |
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Police wielded batons and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse crowds and take control of the streets. |
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Later, at school in Uppingham, he even wielded the baton, with evident glee, for a newly composed opera written by a young friend. |
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In Greek mythology, Poseidon wielded his mighty trident to rule over all the world's water. |
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Nathan first played at six, Gail at four, her mother lobbing shuttles at her as she wielded a specially shortened racket. |
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But Wagner's music casts a spell infinitely more seductive than those wielded by his motley collection of wizards and sorcerers. |
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There was no skill with the long sword, and Jash wielded the broadsword with a shocking incompetence. |
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Drake had his Katana, Judas his halberd, John a rapier and dagger, and Conrad wielded his two long swords expertly. |
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It can, however, be used as a pry bar to keep one from obsession if wielded in a certain way. |
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The two Norwegians threatened to arrest Inge while the out of uniform police officer wielded a pair of handcuffs to add to the threats. |
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He bridles, reeling off a list of generals who have wielded the pen as deftly as the swagger stick. |
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Ros Davidson examines the mega-clout wielded by the chat-show hostess from humble Mississippi. |
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They wielded a pistol in each hand as calmly and skillfully as a butcher wielded a cleaver and had spare ammo clips around their waists. |
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Elections were controlled through a clientelistic system based on the influence of landowners who thus wielded considerable power. |
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Yet to Muscat's credit, though he plays by the sword he accepts being put to the cold steel when it is wielded by those publicly lambasting him. |
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Seldom in world history can so much power have been wielded by such an apparently colourless character. |
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Terror as a weapon has been wielded since early times, sometimes by insurgents, more often by governments. |
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The homeowner grabbed a toy gun and wielded it so convincingly that the criminals surrendered as he called the police. |
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The army's striking force was provided by the Companion Cavalry, who wielded spears of tough cornel wood. |
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Chandu Shah, a Banker of Delhi, wielded a lot of influence at the Mughal court. |
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Apparently knives and shotguns had just been wielded during a fracas in the bar and the local constabulary were called in to help out. |
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Hill walkers obviously lack the kind of influence wielded by the hunting fraternity. |
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Neither of them are alleged to have actually wielded the knife, but were part of a joint enterprise, he said. |
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Now his attention was on the distant mental strings of summoning power he wielded. |
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On the other hand, the gathering of seers and sages, prophets and priests, conjurors and con men, was a strategic assemblage of those who wielded some degree of power. |
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For years, such peacekeepers, whether in Srebenica or Mogadishu, wielded no power and commanded less respect as women and children were shot down in their presence. |
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These weapons, such as clubs, maces, axes, and hammers, are as old as warfare and are certainly the oldest form of weapon wielded by man and his ancestors. |
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The key issue with horizontal mergers is that they may allow market power to be wielded, either by single-firm monopolists, or by collusive oligopolies. |
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At its height in the 1920s, Terry noted, the Klan wielded real political influence, boasting a membership upwards of four million. |
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The immense power of the trade unions was often ego and macho driven, and on many occasions that power was wielded mercilessly for short-term gain. |
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In 1940, he was martyred at the tip of an ice pick wielded by a Soviet agent posing as an acolyte. |
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Given the extreme, even theatrical way in which maquillage was wielded at the French court, there could be no question of its being intended to appear natural. |
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But despite the influence he wielded in his lifetime, Ingersoll today has been all but forgotten. |
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The most glaring difference is that crisco, rather than a horn of oil wielded by the Prophet Samuel, was used in the ceremony. |
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The kernel of truth at the centre of an emotion is best discovered with the writerly equivalent of controlled burning, that is, a fearlessly wielded red pen. |
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The men wielded their weapons with the easy skill of long experience. |
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He never abused his power, he says, and he wielded it not for personal gain but to help inmates. |
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As was the case with this particular dog, some dogs deal on a regular basis with cattle prods or other shocking devices wielded by their masters or trainers. |
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The iron grip that Williams wielded over his ministers and senior party officials was the envy of other political leaders, who all tried to emulate him. |
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This land was worked by the fellahin, who wielded two to three crops each season, usually keeping one-fourth to one-half of the harvest for themselves. |
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He followed in the tradition of Pierre Poujade, whose protest movement of irate petit bourgeois wielded a similar thorn in the waning days of the Fourth Republic. |
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The reason it became incapable of doing this is because it wielded largely unchallenged power for a very long time and did not have to practice self-examination as a result. |
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Sanctions do make it appear that something is being done, but they are blunt instruments and, unless wielded with a heavy enough hand, rarely hurt the target's leadership. |
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They now claim that Amanda actually wielded the knife and struck the deadly blow, increasing her sentence to 28-and-a-half years. |
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In another room, Nora sat in the corner, while the casting director wielded a video camera. |
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Rahul did not look at Sanjeet as he wielded the leather crop, but shut his eyes and rolled his head from side to side, slack-mouthed, pain allayed. |
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Other historians have stressed the enormous political power wielded on a daily basis by the clerics. |
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Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah syndicate still wielded the political power. |
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The inmates, who once wielded guns, are now playing Spanish guitars with consummate ease. |
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Real power was wielded by the leader of the German occupation authority, Reichskommissar Josef Terboven. |
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Implements such as sticks, swords and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. |
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They usually rode without saddles but wore armour and iron helmets and wielded swords, skenes and long spears or lances. |
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They usually wore mail and iron helmets and wielded sparth axes, claymores, and sometimes spears or lances. |
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In Ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh wielded absolute power over the country and was considered a living god by his people. |
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Throughout Chinese history, many emperors and one empress wielded absolute power through the Mandate of Heaven. |
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Since antiquity, monarchy has contrasted with forms of democracy, where executive power is wielded by assemblies of free citizens. |
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It is the period in which Greek and Roman society flourished and wielded great influence throughout Europe, North Africa and Southwestern Asia. |
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Kublai's Chinese advisers still wielded significant power in the government, but their official rank was nebulous. |
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On the last occasion, his top hat proved adequate protection against the dog whips wielded by the women. |
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Fallacious enough doctrine when wielded against one's prejudices, but in corroboration of cherished suspicions not without likelihood. |
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Watanabe is the generic name for Japan's housewife speculators, who have wielded significant influence over foreign exchange and other markets through their trading. |
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In a work of great detail, it is strange that Kenyatta's wife, Mama Ngina, is only mentioned twice, as she wielded considerable influence at the end of her husband's era. |
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The axe on ring-and-ride is being wielded because the seven district councils in the conurbation have had to rein in spending because of central government cuts. |
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Executive power is wielded chiefly by the Prime Minister and his cabinet. |
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The barrel-chested Lahorites were so full of hatred against the wily Indian enemy that they wielded batons and sticks and reached the war-front to face the coward enemy. |
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Police fired water cannon and wielded batons to try to control protesters, who hit back with poles and steel pipes, smashing police bus windows and spraying street fire hoses. |
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Little is known of Domitia's activities as Empress, or how much influence she wielded in Domitian's government, but it seems her role was limited. |
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One in four soldiers in the Black Army of Hungary wielded an arquebus, and one in five when accounting for the whole army, which was a relatively high proportion at the time. |
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Germanic priestesses were feared by the Romans, as these tall women with glaring eyes, wearing flowing white gowns often wielded a knife for sacrificial offerings. |
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The number of princes is estimated to be at least 7,000, with most power and influence being wielded by the 200 or so male descendants of Ibn Saud. |
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Wealthy Loyalists wielded great influence in London and were successful in convincing the British that the majority view in the colonies was sympathetic toward the Crown. |
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That Chicago would swallow the midwestern sea, smother it in concrete, or that the lake wielded enough strength to outpolitick even Mayor Richard J. Daley? |
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