• EU's internal-market commissioner, who put the boot in.

    ECONOMIST: European banks

  • "People get into such difficulties with City institutions - they're laced with people with degrees of power, stuck in these huge companies, who can really mess your life up if they decide you're a stupid poof and want to put the boot in, " he says.

    BBC: NEWS | Business | Does the UK have a 'pink plateau'?

  • The political connections that earned Goldman the sobriquet Government Sachs have been loosened by the crisis. (Jon Corzine, pictured right above, who was appointed Goldman's CEO in 1994, was for a while governor of New Jersey and his successor, Henry Paulson, left, went on to become President George Bush's treasury secretary.) A press that once put Goldman on a pedestal prefers today to put the boot in.

    ECONOMIST: The firm that came to dominate world finance

  • There were fears at the end of 2001, when Argentina was again in an economic pickle, that the army might put in its boot once more, but the current relative stability has eased such tensions.

    ECONOMIST: Leopoldo Galtieri | The

  • He continued the attack until she died, and then put her body in the boot of his Peugeot 306 estate car, covering the body with a tarpaulin.

    BBC: John Yates

  • "The bike then breaks into four pieces that go into bags and are put in the boot, " said Mr Hubbard.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Scooter idea to cut drink-driving

  • Reihana's boot put the hosts in control, with a Paul Diggin try helping them into a 16-9 lead at the break.

    BBC: Northampton Saints 27-21 Exeter Chiefs

  • The only way to put the handful of bags in the Nano's "boot" is by flipping the rear seats forward.

    BBC: Nano: Triumph of Indian ingenuity

  • But James' second try and Dan Biggar's boot then put the Ospreys in command, although Johnathan Edwards late try gave the Scarlets a losing bonus point.

    BBC: Scarlets 14-21 Ospreys

  • O'Gara cut the gap with a fourth penalty with 12 minutes to go and the Ireland fly-half's trusty boot put the ball on a plate for Tuitupou in the final seconds.

    BBC: London Irish 23-17 Munster

  • And Bridge once again put the visitors in front after he finished off a powerful burst from Adrian Morley, adding the extras with the boot.

    BBC: Hull KR 24-25 Warrington

  • Referees were put through an anticorruption boot camp in March, and perhaps feeling the pressure to show results, China's national team in February scored a shocking 3-0 victory over Korea in the East Asian Men's Soccer Championship in Tokyo.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But there was only one team in it after the break as Hewat's boot put the match well out of Gloucester's reach.

    BBC: London Irish 42-12 Gloucester

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