A few years later, the government asked the courts to break up the huge sugar trust which controlled ninety-eight percent of the sugar-producing industry.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

After months of growing tension, the head of the company sent three hundred private security officers to break up the strike and protect non-union workers.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

Organized labor denounced him for using federal troops to break up the Pullman strike.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Extra care is needed not to break up the twisted, strange-looking roots;

VOA: special.2009.04.07

He asked the Supreme Court to break up the railroad trust.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Workers also used chemical dispersants to break up the oil.

VOA: special.2011.04.23

She says government officials are closely monitoring the use of chemicals called dispersants to break up the spill.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

The news media report that police fired tear gas to break up the crowd after protesters tried to storm the provincial governor's office.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Security forces fired tear gas to break up the pro-Zelaya marchers, who are also accused of vandalizing buildings in the country's capital overnight.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Besides giving the central bank the power to limit institutional risks, the proposal gives the Fed the ability to break up large institutions considered "too big to fail."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

He said they would rise up at the first sign of a leader who wished to break their chains.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

But he had to give up hope for both houses of Congress to pass bills before their August break.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Also,the break will start to repair itself, so you want to make sure the bone is lined up correctly.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Something was needed to raise up the spirits of the South to break the pressure of Union armies.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

The South was ready to secede -- leave and break up the Union of states.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Instead of surrendering to Sherman, the Confederate Armies would break up.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

But things are beginning to look up. Carefully,cautiously, we can say that there is a break in the clouds,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

The intensity of the health care debate will pick up next week when Congress returns to work after its summer break.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

Analysts say nationalistic tensions remain high as Macedonia has been struggling to find its own identity since becoming an independent nation in 1991, following the break up of Yugoslavia.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

From its new regional bureau in Yaounde, Interpol is moving to break-up the syndicates behind this organized crime by working with law enforcement officials in Cameroon,Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon as well as officials from the other countries it covers: Central African Republic, Chad,Congo,Sao Tome and Principe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09