• Whatever happens, Mr King is likely to be thwarted in his ambition to make monetary policy boring.

    ECONOMIST: Monetary policy gets interesting

  • Giving up your life for your child creates expectations that are likely to be thwarted as the child, inevitably, attempts to detach.

    WSJ: Erica Jong on the Madness of Modern Motherhood

  • But totally against the run of play, it was Dempsey who had the last chance to steal all three points, only to be thwarted by the athleticism of Cech.

    BBC: Fulham 0-0 Chelsea

  • The young entertainer is not to be thwarted.

    CNN: PEOPLE

  • And there is little doubt that there are some Bush officials and congressmen who do, in fact, view any diplomatic initiative over which America does not have total control as a plot to be thwarted.

    ECONOMIST: America and the UN | The

  • Wenger, keen to avoid a replay in an already congested season, sent on captain Fabregas as the north Londoners pushed forward, only to be repeatedly thwarted by Clarke.

    BBC: Arsenal 2-1 Huddersfield

  • His career dream was to be a pilot, but that was thwarted when he failed the final year of school.

    FORBES: BY LUCINDA SCHMIDT

  • It sure can be thwarted by a bad start to the day.

    FORBES: Happiness Is Hard Work

  • He did not take issue with sales per se, nor interest-free loans per se, but felt that Islamic finance did not permit them to be combined and qualified in a manner that clearly thwarted Islamic finance's central requirement of profit sharing.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Individuals will be given more help to protect themselves, amid a warning from GCHQ that 80% of successful attacks could be thwarted by following simple steps like updating anti-virus software regularly.

    BBC: GCHQ to help firms combat cybercrime

  • Sources have told me that they seriously believe that there were other planes that were supposed to be hijacked, other things targeted, and those plans were thwarted.

    CNN: Eileen O'Connor looks at the hijackers' trail

  • She saw a future where women, successful yet still thwarted in board service, would be able to reach for the highest levels of leadership and not be denied it because of their gender.

    FORBES: On the Board: A New Way Forward for Women's Corporate Leadership

  • But if someone gets your passwords and seems to be coming from a trusted source, encryption and firewalls can be thwarted, he said.

    CNN: New 'Trojan Horse' strain may go mainstream

  • It may not be possible to tell if the heightened security measures have in fact thwarted a real bomb plot, or if it has all been a false alarm.

    ECONOMIST: America and Britain on guard | The

  • However, he added that firm implementation of the rules, which has thwarted similar environmental laws in the past, would continue to be a challenge.

    CNN: Beijing tries to clean up its act

  • Given her worldwide fame and celebrity, the Russian tennis icon would appear to be a Hollywood producer's dream but her chance of celluloid glory was thwarted by -- a Hollywood producer.

    CNN: Ace actors serve up their film cameos

  • "The general notion that we want to be greener, we want to conserve, we want to be healthier--that's a cultural trend that has not been thwarted by the economic downturn, " says Haney.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • During the debate, Mr Odinga said his efforts to establish a local tribunal to try suspects involved in the conflict were thwarted by some of his opponents, who will now be tried at the Hague a month after the 4 March election.

    BBC: Kenyatta and Odinga in first Kenya presidential debate

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