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  • Embroiled in crisis talks over BBC financing in the hours before the final details of government's comprehensive spending review were agreed, the corporation's negotiators had been told that ministers are also considering whether to force the BBC to meet the costs of the World Service, which is currently paid for by the Foreign Office.

    BBC licence fee frozen at £145.50 for six years Mark Sweney 2010

  • Embroiled in a clash with President Ahmadinejad and his close allies, the supreme leader is now busy trying to get his own people into Iran's next parliament, in order to succeed in making what he has termed "a little change" in Iran's constitution.

    Camelia Entekhabi-Fard: To Where Is Iran's Regime Leading the Nation? Up To the Wall of UK Embassy? Camelia Entekhabi-Fard 2011

  • Embroiled in his emotions and roused by her ambivalence, he persists, his voice rising above the commuting clamor.

    COCOONED • by J.A. Matthews 2009

  • Embroiled trader Fabrice Tourre, the one Goldman employee explicitly named in a civil fraud suit filed recently by the Securities and Exchange Commission, used the word, "sophisticated" several times in testimony to suggest that his clients understood the risks of the investments, and Goldman's role in them.

    Buzzword: Big Boy Defense 2010

  • Embroiled trader Fabrice Tourre, the one Goldman employee explicitly named in a civil fraud suit filed recently by the Securities and Exchange Commission, used the word, "sophisticated" several times in testimony to suggest that his clients understood the risks of the investments, and Goldman's role in them.

    Buzzword: Big Boy Defense 2010

  • Embroiled in a passionate and romantic love story with someone much older than I was, I had fought my family and friends for about three years, defending my right to marry the man I wanted.

    Patrizia Chen: My First Tango 2010

  • Embroiled in a seemingly intractable land conflict in Central Asia, the U.S. economy is benefiting from globalization, Internet economics and common security concerns.

    Safe Ways To Play The Defense Sector 2010

  • Embroiled in controversy, even if he had resolved it as best he could, Frei resigned as the chair of the ALGB.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Embroiled in an extramarital affair and determined to rescue her failing marriage, the author embarks on a butchery course.

    Eat, pray, cash in 2010

  • Embroiled in the ongoing immigration debate, a growing number of states and municipalities are rushing to embrace E-Verify, a federally created system that determines whether potential employees are legally permitted to work in the U.S.

    Should businesses be forced to use E-Verify? 2010

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