| 单词 | fiefdom |
| 例句 | Each a tottering fiefdom with an epic of its own. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Like an ambassador to a hostile foreign country, my Guardian ad Litem was educated, elegant, and intimidating; however, Mrs. Moss ruled her fiefdom with an iron fist. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z In 1940, Lysenko deposed his critics, assumed the directorship of the Institute of Genetics of the Soviet Union, and set up his own totalitarian fiefdom over Soviet biology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When I won over a goodly number of fighters, I built up my army enough to attack fiefdoms and to pursue the enemies I had seen in the water gourd. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had staked out a personal fiefdom on campus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Soon after the conqueror’s death, Ptolemy, a childhood companion, advisor, and officer in long service to Alexander, solicited the fiefdom of Egypt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z At Livermore “there were no fiefdoms. We were all working together.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Orchestras are run by maestros, and maestros are powerful, brilliant, single-minded, highly entrenched men who run their organizations like their own private fiefdoms. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z At the head of the table sits Mr. McCracken, who glowers at everyone as if he were a lord presiding over his fiefdom. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They might or might not have counted themselves happy, though; happiness as they conceived it then was a thing attained, a grand state, involving a fiefdom to survey from the plump comfort of their dotage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He became a kind of prosecutor and bill collector for the Dutch West India Company, which owned and operated the colony as a private fiefdom. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Now, we have fiefdoms of mid-Atlantic office space, on streets named Research Boulevard and Professional Drive, thinning out in the sprawl. The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z So severe was her depression afterward that she killed herself while Nucky, busily tending to his Atlantic City fiefdom, missed all the signs. ArtsBeat: 'Boardwalk Empire' Builds on Strong Performances 2010-12-06T19:19:00Z Limbaugh, huffily presiding over his vitriolic fiefdom, had accidentally gotten it right: Feminists, like any reasonable humans, didn’t want another group of people to exercise control over them based on their gender. Perspective | Rush Limbaugh had a lot to say about feminism. Women learned how to not care. 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Overnight we went from a fairly traditional family, dinner on the table by eight, all of us eating together, to my mother handing me the keys to my own little fiefdom. How I knew I could cook: It's easy, if you're born to it 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z “Horror — as an interest, passion, or profession — has fandoms and sub-fandoms; it has cliques; it has little fiefdoms,” Nobile Jr. wrote in a newsletter last April. For the Love (and the Hate) of the Horror Remake 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z I've heard of producers throwing their weight about, and directors who treat theatre buildings as personal fiefdoms. Bullying in the arts: let's raise the curtain on theatreland's thugs 2013-05-15T11:28:36Z Google, it seems, was run simply as Larry and Sergey's fiefdom: "The only rules that applied were the ones they agreed upon." I'm Feeling Lucky by Douglas Edwards ? review 2011-07-28T11:23:22Z It’s an old fiefdom of the Monegasque royal family. CANNES WATCH: Lively soars, Kidman talks lows 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z One of the engines for his media fiefdom is the sale of Infowars-branded products, including T-shirts and Infowars-branded dietary supplements and cleansers. How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump’s ear 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Machiavelli's prince is more often presented as a person who pursues the most effective means of clinging on to a "state" which is more or less a personal fiefdom. The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World that He Made by Philip Bobbitt – review 2013-07-11T14:59:00Z She's chief again, and she is up against huge political obstructions, fiefdoms, networks and corruption, where the system that she had done so well with long ago has been run into the ground. There are some mysteries Patricia Cornwell, crime novelist and creator of Kay Scarpetta, can't crack 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z “Judges are used to having their own chambers be their own fiefdom,” says Jamie Gorelick, a close friend from college who was Garland’s boss when they worked at the Justice Department. Merrick Garland was historically snubbed — but he’s emerged more respected than ever 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Like "The Dreaming Jaw, the Salivating Ear," a story about a blogger killing a troll who sullied the fiefdom of her blog, they do not have any special affection for realism. 'Lucky Alan and Other Stories' is Lethem at his bizarre best 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Without that pressure to constantly expand, parties were free to experiment and build their modest freak fiefdoms. The Intoxicating Promise of New York City’s Night-Life Flyers 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z The depravity, high-handedness, and cruelty of an authentically sophisticated nobility, both as a ruling class and as a model of refinement and character, is tragedy—Don Giovanni’s, his fiefdom’s, and all Europe’s. The Revelations of “Don Giovanni” at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z The club’s 12 members treat Bienville as their private fiefdom, and they are fully prepared to go to war against anyone who stands in their way. Review | Greg Iles bounced back from a catastrophic car crash with a monumental trilogy. He’s not done. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z While growing closer to Hoffa and becoming more deeply implicated in his schemes to retain, and, later, to regain power, Frank also remains a central player in Russ’s Mob fiefdom. Highlights from the New York Film Festival: Martin Scorsese’s Colossal, Mournful “The Irishman” 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Leopold ruled Congo as a fiefdom, forcing many of its people into slavery to extract resources for his personal profit. As protests grow, Belgium faces its racist colonial past 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z There is no motivation behind this crime other than Morgan wanting to be the only thing alive in his little fiefdom. The Walking Dead: season six, episode four – Here’s Not Here 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Never mind that, in April, two board trustees resigned in protest, one telling a reporter Ms. Wilsey ran the organization “like a personal fiefdom.” Dede Wilsey Is the Defiant Socialite 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Later in "Station Eleven" Miles credits Clark's ability to pull a rousing speech out of his hat as the reason they were able to construct their fiefdom out of nothing. Survival tips from TV we didn't know we needed 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Four prominent board members have resigned in protest, with one, Dan Johnson, faulting Ms. Wilsey recently for “running the place like a personal fiefdom.” For San Francisco’s Queen of Philanthropy, No Quiet Exits 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z "Over in the Thor fiefdom we got on with our own thing and were effectively given quite a lot of leeway." Big Thor 2011-04-26T07:24:15Z The country has suffered years of violence and its devastating 1998-2002 war split the vast nation into rival fiefdoms and involved half a dozen African armies. Ben Affleck launches aid group for eastern Congo 2010-03-22T15:37:00Z Julia Raeside With tax, and its avoidance, still very much a sore point for most of us, Antony Barnett takes a look at Prince Charles's diverse fiefdom, the Duchy of Cornwall. TV highlights 01/07/2013 2013-07-01T06:00:09Z This only augments the joke of the alleged relentlessness with which he laid waste to his medieval fiefdom. Smart Watch: "What We Do In the Shadows" is a comedy with bite 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z And while many blogs of the early aughties are now lost to the ether, her online fiefdom, Jennsylvania.com, remains strong. Jen Lancaster’s ‘The Best of Enemies’ is a cheeky take on girl friends 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, wide receivers coach, running backs coach, linebackers coach, line coach, special teams coach, clock management guy, and second-assistant to the kick-holder coach all enjoy their little fiefdoms. NFL Coaches: More Entertaining Than the Actual Games 2011-01-14T16:30:00Z “Because she controls all oversight — including the board — it’s her private fiefdom.” The New Museum Is World Class, but Many Find It a Tough Place to Work 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z His report on the atrocities he witnessed contributed to Leopold II of Belgium's relinquishment of his colonial fiefdom. Nobel winner Mario Vargas Llosa finds perfect protagonist in Roger Casement 2010-10-18T18:19:00Z Meanwhile, he’s reshaped Tribeca into what Levy calls a “little fiefdom” and what some neighborhood old-timers refer to as “Bob Row.” Book review: ‘De Niro: A Life,’ by Shawn Levy Yet whatever his role in the fiscal debacle, nonprofit arts groups are not fiefdoms. Commentary: The financial drama at Intiman 2011-02-24T01:12:01Z Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded by signing a bill revoking Disney's self-governing status, a unique arrangement in which the company operated like an independent fiefdom within the state. Disney hasn’t found itself in this much trouble since 1941 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Lording over this muddy fiefdom like a visionary despot is Brewce Martin, a 40-year-old pro skater whose problems with anger management pushed him, at an early age, to the margins of society. 'Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy': How a misfit refuge rolls 2012-11-15T21:33:05Z Though scarcely ever named as producer, he was directly responsible for many programmes and ran his favourite series as personal fiefdoms. Sir Denis Forman obituary 2013-02-25T13:46:32Z Roger picked his legal counsel and head of HR; it was his fiefdom. The dark arts of Fox News’ Roger Ailes: “If Trump didn’t exist, Roger Ailes would have crea... 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z But Obama also commands his media fiefdom, with his wife as partner, in a way that no other ex-president has. Obama at 60: Feet on the dance floor, eyes on the future 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z “But no one wants to deal with the politics of fighting with them or getting rid of them, because they have a kind of fiefdom,” Mr. Mirwis said. Team Sports Are Taking Over Kids’ Lives 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Though Sandy’s fiefdom is small, one must recognize that in the 1980s, being a woman in a management position at a Vegas casino was likely a rarity. What "GLOW" season 3 reveals about the working woman's gamble 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z They did, at least, become the first reporters to penetrate his fiefdom, and come within his immediate ambit, family and inner circle. Mexico: How arrest of the last don heralds ruthless new drugs era 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The islands operated as the family’s fiefdom until they were passed over to Australian control in 1955 and the people voted for proper integration in 1984. History, harmony, and the only Muslim island in Australia | Ben Stubbs 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z The area nearest FSU’s football fiefdom used to be a scruffy collection of pool halls, warehouses and artists’ studios. In Tallahassee, getting the party started for game day Even when orating in the Falwell family’s fiefdom, he could not make himself pay more than lip service to God. Donald Trump’s phony faith-mongering, Ted Cruz doomed crusader: Sex, lies, religion and the GOP’s 2016 carnival 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z In the latest season of “Servant of the People,” Zelenskiy’s character, Vasyl Holoborodko, assumes the presidency of a country split into 28 independent states, some of which resemble actual separatist fiefdoms in eastern Ukraine. New Ukrainian leader’s campaign had pages from sitcom script 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Le Pen retreated to a party fiefdom in southern France, Beaucaire, and held a small march there. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen raises a storm over her plan to march against antisemitism 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z It has been blighted by conflict and poverty since Myanmar's independence in 1948, fragmented into the fiefdoms of different warlords, drug bosses or ethnic rebels who have been fighting each other and the army. A turning point in Myanmar as army suffers big losses 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z “So each circuit, and each sheriff, is its own little fiefdom and they set the rules in that county, because there’s no state law.” Abuse victims say gun surrender laws save lives. Will the Supreme Court agree? 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z “If more wealthy donors had embraced that, it really could have had a huge impact on the sector because it would have concentrated funding in smaller and smaller fiefdoms,” Soskis says. Warren Buffett has given $50.7 billion toward historic pledges to the Gates Foundation and others 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z America’s electrical grid operates more like “balkanized fiefdoms” than a truly connected, national system, one expert told Nadja and Brad. Permission to Build 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The main setbacks for the Socialists came from losses in the Valencia, Aragon and Balearic Island regions, as well as in one of their most important fiefdoms, the southwestern region of Extremadura. Spain's conservative PP needs pact with far-right Vox to rule in regions 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z In the end, his personal fiefdom – the Congo Free State – would become the most horrendous demonstration of the mismatch between the high-minded “civilizing mission” and the reality of carnage and exploitation. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z One way of understanding the Exxon Valdez oil spill is to see it as a consequence of this tendency to treat Alaska as a corporate fiefdom for extractive industries. The Willow Project Promises a Worse Future for Alaska. And For the Earth 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The young men — disillusioned with the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process and with the undemocratic Palestinian Authority — have made the Old City a sort of private fiefdom. Killing of alleged collaborator exposes Palestinian tensions 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z That popularity is changing the reception Ice and her bicycling volunteers are getting in Bang Bon, traditionally the fiefdom of a powerful family from a rival party. Thailand election: The young radicals shaking up politics 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z But it’s not obvious how the company plans to govern itself or, say, make money on its decentralized fiefdom. Column: Bluesky evokes nostalgia for the days when social media was fun. But is that enough? 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Filed in Orange County, Fla., the lawsuit claims that Disney wanted to maintain its “fiefdom,” and that the board is suing to “restore the people’s sovereignty.” DeSantis’s board countersues Disney, accusing company of ‘backroom deal’ 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z A long-running civil war or partition of the country into rival fiefdoms are also possible. Why Sudan’s conflict matters to the rest of the world 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z He also ran Crystal like a personal fiefdom. WA’s biggest ski resort plans big-dollar upgrades but the path ahead is unclear 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Finally there is the party's old Scots fiefdom, stretching from Ayrshire in the west through the central belt to Fife in the east, where the SNP have dominated with a pro-independence, pro-European message since 2015. Where next for Scotland as the Nicola Sturgeon era ends? 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z In a statement, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection alleges that Mr Zhao "took the state-owned company he managed as his private fiefdom." Zhao Weiguo: Chinese regulator accuses chip tycoon of corruption 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z But their fiefdom began to unravel in 2019, when, according to witnesses, younger son Paul, then 19, drunkenly crashed a boat into a bridge. Murdaughs, murder and the birth of TV's newest true-crime sensation 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The full immersion of life and work fed into a reputation as the unchallenged overlord of her fiefdom — an image she did not try to discourage. Ann Lewin-Benham, who nurtured Children’s Museum in D.C., dies at 83 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z City officials say Republicans treat D.C. as a political fiefdom, even though the city is home to over 700,000 people — more than Vermont or Wyoming. House GOP will push to block D.C. crime overhaul that divided mayor, council 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The independent review found there had been "gross failures" of team-working, with some staff acting as if they were responsible for "separate fiefdom, cultivating a culture of tribalism". East Kent hospitals: Maternity concerns at baby death NHS trust 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z He denounced the warlords and militias, including Shiite-led Hezbollah, that effectively carved out state-within-a-state fiefdoms in Lebanon to sharply undercut the central government’s ability to steer the country. Hussein Husseini, ‘father’ of pact that ended Lebanon’s civil war, dies at 85 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Latino gangs must make regular payments to Mexican Mafia members, who have divided Southern California and other areas of the state into personal fiefdoms. Mexican Mafia member sentenced to 11 years for role in cartel alliance 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Nearly a century after early opium smugglers lugged their loads across the Rio Grande, Mexico has been carved into criminal fiefdoms. A DEA agent tracked the source of fentanyl in Mormon country — a Mexican cartel They accuse Mr Bankman-Fried of running the company as "his own personal fiefdom". Sam Bankman-Fried: I hope to make money to pay people back 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z At a bankruptcy hearing last week, FTX lawyers said that a “substantial amount” of the company’s assets were missing or stolen and that the exchange had been run like Mr. Bankman-Fried’s “personal fiefdom.” Watch a Live Interview With Sam Bankman-Fried. 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z In the first bankruptcy hearing on Tuesday, FTX lawyers said that a “substantial amount” of the firm’s assets were missing or stolen, and that the empire was run like the “personal fiefdom” of Mr. Bankman-Fried. Losses Pile Up in FTX Bankruptcy Turmoil 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Pelosi dealt with conservative Blue Dog Democrats, the liberal women of the Squad, the Out of Iraq Caucus — not to mention old-guard legislators who treated their committees like fiefdoms. Pelosi, dominant figure for the ages, leaves lasting imprint 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z If that happens, the District will be in line for a hostile takeover by a House eager to reshape the District and its already limited self-governing powers into a duchy within a GOP fiefdom. Opinion | Why the D.C. Council’s oversight failings matter so much 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “They do not have a mandate to put the country through yet another experiment; Britain is not their personal fiefdom to run how they wish.” How Liz Truss became the shortest-serving prime minister in U.K. history 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Some staff acted "as if they were responsible for separate fiefdoms, cultivating a culture of tribalism", the report said. East Kent maternity deaths: Minister pledges to act over failings 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Jones’s companies continue to advise the Saudis on how to reorganize their military command structure so that the armed forces can operate jointly instead of as separate fiefdoms, documents show. Retired U.S. generals, admirals take top jobs with Saudi crown prince Representatives who absorb this theory naturally see themselves as helming ethnic fiefdoms struggling for advantage against rivals. Opinion | The L.A. City Council scandal holds a lesson for the Supreme Court 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z It has either enabled or promoted the country’s dissolution into criminal gang fiefdoms allied with the country’s elite. Opinion | Yes, intervene in Haiti — and push for democracy 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z That shifts the onus to team owners, the predominantly White and male financial titans who tend to exert fierce control over their corporate fiefdoms. The failed NFL diversity ‘rule’ corporate America loves “Some of these families now have entire fiefdoms,” said Andrew Gulliford, author of “The Woolly West.” Alone in a New World With Vast Open Space, and Sheep 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z That was not defending government but making government “your personal fiefdom.” Philippine leader says calling his father dictator `wrong’ 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The lawsuit filed by Chow’s wife, Vanessa Chow, alleges that the sheriff and his wife, a retired deputy, run the agency like “their own personal fiefdom.” Sheriff's officials tried to block testimony of key witness at 'deputy gang' hearing, lawsuit says 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Biden’s offer of mercy to an opponent would temporarily situate him above America’s warring partisan fiefdoms — dramatically displaying his power to call off, at least for the time being, his own party’s ultras. Opinion | What Biden could gain from pardoning Trump 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The militias and warlords have turned Myanmar’s frontier with China into a modern-day wild west, with each tiny fiefdom demanding a cut of the profits that flow through its land. ‘The Sacrifice Zone’: Myanmar bears cost of green energy 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z “There’s a photo where he is standing at midcourt, his hands over his hips, he looked very regal, looking over his fiefdom,” said West. Plaschke: Jerry West remembers Bill Russell as a 'difference maker' on par with Jackie Robinson 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z And Karachi itself is a puzzle of overlapping administrative fiefdoms, where civilian and military administrations often intersect in confusing ways. Pakistan’s Deadly Flood Season Worsened by Climate Change and Bad Infrastructure 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z U.S. officials say they had long ago identified where Caro Quintero was living in rural Sinaloa, just a few miles from a Mexican military base in a village he ran like a fiefdom. Inside the long, fraught quest to recapture Mexican drug lord Caro Quintero 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z In the United States, our passion for creating more and more — and more — police agencies, fiefdoms and sinecures makes even normal performance highly unlikely. Opinion | The lesson from Uvalde? America has too many police departments. 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z On Sunday, it saw Brothers of Italy overtake it in many of its traditional northern fiefdoms. Italian govt faces turbulence after key parties fail in local vote 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z "He runs Broadcom like an investment portfolio ... they are all independent fiefdoms," said a former employee at the company who worked closely with Tan. How Broadcom CEO Tan shaped a tech giant through acquisitions 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z In Melbourne, the party looks to have lost the seat of Kooyong, which was once the fiefdom of Robert Menzies, Australia's longest serving prime minister, and which had remained faithfully conservative since Federation. Australia election: A great shock to the system 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z For too long, a close-minded music industry worked to keep music separated by linguistic fiefdom. Q&A: The Estefans on finally seeing their story onstage in Spanish 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z And due to egos and fiefdom feuds, here’s a shelter, empty, that’s being guarded not to protect the homeless people it was built to serve. ‘It’s a feud’: Brand new homeless shelter sits empty as leaders squabble 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The novel demonstrates in even greater depth Phil’s desperate need to rule his fiefdom; his world is a monument to a lost love, and any change threatens it: technology, social progress, new housemates, growing up. Page-to-Screen: 'The Power of the Dog' is an ideal adaptation of a neglected masterpiece 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z After Jack Dorsey returned as a part-time CEO in 2015, Twitter became largely governed by committee, with executives controlling their own fiefdoms. How Twitter plans to add its next 100 million users 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Queensland has also acted at times like a self-governing fiefdom. Australia revisited - a country changed by Covid 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The plaintiffs accuse the defendants of repeatedly breaking Virginia’s open meetings law and, consequently, running the school system as a kind of personal fiefdom deaf to the concerns of parents and taxpayers. Lawsuit accuses Loudoun school officials of flouting Virginia public meetings laws 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Tripoli authorities have other priorities amid political jostling that undermined the election and ongoing rivalries between local forces who control their own fiefdoms. Militants' bodies left to rot for years, in symbol of Libya's disarray 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z For years, Caracas' hillside barrios were fiefdoms of former president Hugo Chavez and his hand-picked successor, Maduro. With catchy jingles and cautious optimism, Venezuela opposition returns to the ballot 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Counties develop into fiefdoms, and run according to the whims of oligarchs and demagogues. I was one of the lawyers who helped win marriage equality. And yes, the GOP can take it away 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z In reality, President Ortega's rule is increasingly repressive, autocratic and dynastic - and this controversial vote only further consolidates his control over his fiefdom. Nicaragua vote: Ortega tightens grip on power in 'pantomime election' 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z After all, when current internet fiefdoms were constructed, billions of us were not subjected to an all-encompassing pitch 10 years in advance. If the metaverse lets you be whoever you want, will you be you? 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z It is impossible to separate this from a spate of laws recently passed or under consideration in Republican fiefdoms to protect motorists who drive through — or over — protesters. Republicans ‘Make Bigotry Great Again’ 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Individual ports operate as separate fiefdoms rather than as part of a national system. Inside America’s Broken Supply Chain The districts oversee water deliveries to customers and often operate as fiefdoms, each with water claims and history. Drought haves, have-nots test how to share water in the West 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “Only time will tell if the movement remains united or splinters into regional Taliban fiefdoms.” Afghanistan's neighbors see opportunity and peril in Taliban takeover 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Board members’ role is to set broad education policy, not amass a fiefdom or advance their political careers. Opinion | The Prince George’s County school board is making a great case for abolishing the school board 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Under their corruption, the country devolved into a collection of fiefdoms that enriched local warlords and led to the Taliban’s rise. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Weirdly, for such a large, dynamic and diverse state, politics in California is dominated by an oily fiefdom of entangled family dynasties whose members have the maitre d’ of the French Laundry on speed dial. Opinion | In California, a Gavin Newsom loss could turn progressives more conservative 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Each of the council’s 15 districts, she said, would become “mini fiefdoms.” L.A.'s anti-camping law could shift even more power to the City Council on homelessness 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z On the court, he caught them long ago, taking the lead in their head-to-head series and also taking them on and out in their fiefdoms. At Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic Sends a Message Impossible to Ignore 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z And from 2000 on, the Williams sisters made Centre Court their fiefdom, claiming 12 Wimbledon singles titles between them and facing each other in the final four times. Wimbledon’s last Black men’s finalist was in 1996. What will it take for another? 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z We must redouble our efforts to work together — with allies and partners, across commands, across services and across our fiefdoms and stovepipes. Opinion | The Pentagon must prepare for a much bigger theater of war 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Those bodies are “their own fiefdoms,” Hancock said in a recent interview, with racing commissions stocked by the horsemen “who gave the most money to the governor.” With private eyes and political muscle, horse racing’s elite pushed to punish dopers 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z “Stanley Bard ran it like a fiefdom,” said Mr. Himmelstein, the lawyer for the tenants association. How a Legendary New York Hotel Became a Battleground 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The vaccination effort is a good look for a place that for generations operated more like a secretive fiefdom than a city. A mobile clinic brings vaccine to California's city of essential workers 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Unlike the fiefdoms of other federal departments and agencies, Culture would have the facility to connect with and ultimately entangle Commerce, Education, Energy, Environmental Protection, State, Interior, Labor and others. Commentary: How about some culture in the Biden Cabinet? My nominees for Mr. or Madame Secretary 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z By announcing most of the key positions in one package, Biden is signaling that he expects his appointees to work together, and not as lords of their own bureaucratic fiefdoms. Biden’s health team offers glimpse of his COVID-19 strategy 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z The mega-pastors, narcissists who rule despotic, cult-like fiefdoms, make millions of dollars by using this heretical belief system to prey on the despair and desperation of their congregations, victims of neoliberalism and deindustrialization. The politics of cultural despair: That's what's killing us, not Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Yes, his personal inclination has been to treat the government as his private fiefdom, demanding loyalty oaths, conducting purges and using the office for his personal profit. Don't let Trump and his minions get away with this — or it will happen all over again 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z It has parceled out political power to 18 religious sects and turned the political system into a fiefdom for select families. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Thank you, mayor, for doing what every elected government official in troubled Illinois, should be doing every day: Caring about people and responsible governance, not political fiefdoms. Illinois Editorial Roundup: 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Tuscany is seen as the main battleground, with PD leader Nicola Zingaretti likely to face pressure to step down if the party loses its historic fiefdom, PD insiders say. League's Salvini eyes electoral coup in Italy's Tuscany 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z "This is not some fiefdoms of yours! Your personal property?! No!," he tweeted, castigating President Lungu. SA president lambasts minister over rogue tweets 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z The result is a port divided into factional fiefdoms that don’t necessarily work together and are sometimes outright rivals. ‘End of the world’: Massive, self-inflicted ‘bomb’ in Beirut 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z They are also the failure of Congress and our regulatory agencies to regulate the internet for public good rather than allow Facebook and Google to evolve into secretive, monopolistic and dangerous fiefdoms. From our Publisher: A road map to save the local free press 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z Families lord over fiefdoms that span big cities and small towns, with gentlemen’s agreements keeping competitors away and marriages entered into as much to solidify and expand holdings as for love. The dark side of the South’s Mexican combo-plate dream 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z The father’s creepy fiefdom exudes Britain’s imperialist history as well as its literary traditions. The twisted evil of eugenics made real in the novel 'Mexican Gothic' 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Soon they were acting not unlike the banana companies, running Honduras like a collection of private fiefdoms and 'counselling' presidents, ambassadors and the military. The remarkable life and legacy of indigenous leader Berta Cáceras 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z But increasingly Trigano focused on politics, turning this corner of the Pyrenees into his personal political fiefdom. The 94-year-old mayor in a race for re-election 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z By 1908, Leopold II's rule was deemed so cruel that European leaders, themselves violently exploiting Africa, condemned it and the Belgian parliament forced him to relinquish control of his fiefdom. Belgium 'wakes up' to its bloody colonial past 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z “The control exerted by Dr. Ajan was absolute and infamous,” the report stated, adding that he “ran the IWF as if it was his own personal fiefdom.” Weightlifting investigation uncovers long history of doping and corruption 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z UFC is run like a fiefdom, and White is the judge, jury and executioner. LOVERRO: UFC blueprint for sports’ reopening only raises more questions 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z “Mafia bosses consider their cities as their own fiefdom,” Gratteri said. Mafia distributes food to Italy's struggling residents 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z But once Trump attained the presidency, he took over the Republican Party and instituted a fiefdom where he rewards loyalty and punishes anyone who displeases him. Cult expert Steven Hassan: Trump's "mind control cult" now faces an existential crisis 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z He even proclaimed himself ‘King of South Gate’ … and referred to the city as his ‘fiefdom,’” federal authorities wrote in a summary of the case. Henry C. Gonzalez, former South Gate mayor who survived a gunshot to the head, dies at 84 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The mishandling of the outbreak exposed the divisions between the WHO’s headquarters in Geneva and its regional offices, which often operate like fiefdoms. WHO is struggling against COVID-19 and a divided world testing its authority 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z "Putin would like to add the country to his fiefdom," Schmidt said. Putin could make move to absorb Belarus, Europe’s ‘last dictatorship,’ experts say 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The duo ruled the area for the next four spring trainings, even allowing the moody Jean Segura to inhabit in their little fiefdom. Kyle Seager knows he could be traded at any time: ‘They have to do what’s best for the Mariners’ 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z In the years leading up to his resignation, Nixon turned the justice department and FBI into his personal fiefdom, enlisting his appointees to reward his friends and penalize his enemies. In his assault on justice, Trump has out-Nixoned Nixon | Robert Reich 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z But some experts worry Buffett’s enthusiasm for speeding Colombia’s development is no match for entrenched corruption in rural areas run like political fiefdoms. Warren Buffett’s son helps Colombia kick cocaine curse 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z “It’s a shock. I think that department has been run like a one-person fiefdom for a long time,” said Supervisor Matt Haney, who has sparred with Public Works over street cleanliness in his district. San Francisco official in charge of cleaning up city's filthy streets arrested 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Over time, each sector became an aggressive fiefdom, taking greater risks to win resources and advance China’s ambitions. The Future of America’s Contest with China 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The mega-pastors, narcissists who rule despotic, cult-like fiefdoms, make millions of dollars by using this heretical belief system to prey on the mounting despair and desperation of their congregations, victims of neoliberalism and deindustrialization. Onward, Christian fascists 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The pact treats government ministries like fiefdoms, they say, while doing little for ordinary Iraqis. Iraq’s Shiites helped boost the political elite in Baghdad. Now they want to bring it down. 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z The farm groups often build autocratic fiefdoms in the Mexican countryside, forcing members to participate in protests in order to receive benefits. Mexican Congress approves budget after protests 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z If you yearn to appease the current Department of Justice, then all you need to do is to make sure the president who sees it as his private fiefdom remains in power. Elizabeth Warren's frenemies: Her rise has been helped by haters 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Exploiting official fear of a Bolshevik revolution helped J. Edgar Hoover rise to create the forerunner of the FBI in 1924 and to run the bureau as his personal fiefdom until his death in 1972. Why a judge just shot down the argument that Trump is above the law 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z He is 78, and the company can seem his personal fiefdom. Commentary: What sexual harassment allegations against Placido Domingo could mean for opera culture 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z And for years they have ruled Baltimore as a one-party fiefdom as the city turned into an island of despair amid a sea of prosperity. Opinion | Trump was wrong to attack Cummings, but right about Baltimore 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Political parties, nevertheless, regularly push their line through affiliated newspapers and TV channels, and run de-facto fiefdoms based on patronage in their areas. Lebanon defies its reputation for tolerance and cancels a concert 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z In St. Louis, which WalletHub ranked last year as the most major dangerous city and third worst city to live in, Joe Hodes said Democrats “have used the city as their personal fiefdoms for decades.” Trump’s ‘racist’ tweets a reminder that most troubled U.S. cities run by Dems 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z As a result, entities such as Apple and Amazon transform into mini fiefdoms that dictate the political sensibilities of not only their employees, clients and those in their sphere, but sometimes the public at large. The rise of the CEO as social justice warrior | Jill Priluck 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z There were five moderators who represented the warring fiefdoms inside the peacock kingdom of NBC. 'What's been missing is courage': Elizabeth Warren throws down the gauntlet | Richard Wolffe 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Yet the inner workings of a dysfunctional government divided among the personal fiefdoms of warring officials caused him the most despair. Maduro’s ex-spy chief lands in U.S. armed with allegations against Venezuelan government 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z After his departure, which stunned the publishing industry, the New York Times described Random House under Bernstein as "a large and unusually harmonious empire, comprised of semi-autonomous fiefdoms, presided over by a benevolent emperor." Robert Bernstein, publisher and champion of dissidents around the world, dies at 96 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Only defensive congressional fiefdoms prevent rational reform in that area. Bernanke, Paulson and Geithner: revisiting the 2008 financial crisis | Howard Davies 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z I don't doubt that there should be a reformation of liberal education outside of narrow disciplinary fiefdoms. Billionaires can't fix college: Jim Sleeper on the real crisis in higher education 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Whether Islamist, tribal or simply criminal, various groups entrenched themselves in the workings of the state, acting as if government ministries and banks were their personal fiefdoms, kidnapping and extorting businessmen. For Tripoli residents, snatches of normality in a life disrupted 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z We’ve never had more shows or ways to watch them, and audiences are increasingly fragmented into fiefdoms of niche fandom. Essential California: 'Game of Thrones' finale, the end of 'appointment TV'? 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Co-founder Bill Gates famously held product reviews where he’d kill years of work in a single meeting, and this encouraged these fiefdoms even more as teams battled for Gates’ attention. How Microsoft learned from the past to redesign its future 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z His career ended in involuntary bankruptcy and he died in a federal correctional institution in Florida, the state that was once his fiefdom, in August 2016. 'The great untold scandal': the sordid tale of boyband mogul Lou Pearlman 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Belgian King Leopold II took the entire territory as his personal fiefdom starting in 1885 — an enterprise that historians say was violent even by the standards of the era. Belgium’s Africa Museum reopens, as country confronts its violent colonial past 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Will we soon divide ourselves into fiefdoms led by warlords? Opinion | Trump represents the nadir of identity politics 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z He believes the city is too small to be carved up into districts, which he predicts will turn into “fiefdoms” and cause friction between council members suddenly competing for city resources. In Palm Springs, the nation’s first all-LGBTQ city council tests the modern meaning of diversity 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z He presided over his fiefdom from an aerie atop a luxury Manila high-rise using an encrypted laptop, a shifting cast of hatchet men and a scheming mind that never slept. Meet Paul Le Roux, the cyber criminal exposed in new books by Evan Ratliff and Elaine Shannon 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “That’s not good enough, especially with someone like Donald Trump who has treated the Justice Department as if it’s his own fiefdom,” he said. Democrats want William Barr to promise full transparency on Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z The Shakespearean allusions—Lear-like King with his three daughters; shipwrecked sailors delivered, “Tempest” style, into a tiny fiefdom—and the absence of any modern technology contribute to the novel’s timeless languor. A Twisted Fairy Tale About Toxic Masculinity 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Yemen is now a patchwork of heavily armed fiefdoms and chaotic areas, where commanders, war profiteers and a thousand bandit kings, like Ayman Askar, thrive. Yemen on the brink: how the UAE is profiting from the chaos of civil war | Ghaith Abdul-Ahad 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Sorrell is determined to avoid the fiefdoms associated with traditional holding companies. Buying Ads in the Age Of Google 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z For too long he has treated the senate as his personal fiefdom, and has ham-fistedly imposed his own agenda without regard for the millions of voters represented by the rest of the senate. Criminal Justice Bill Will Go Up for a Vote, McConnell Says 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z He also said it was "intolerable for the fifth largest economy in the world to continue indefinitely as a fiefdom", which was what, he said the Brexit deal offered. Mervyn King: Brexit deal like appeasement 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Michelangelo doesn’t want a fiefdom in the Balkans; he wants cold, hard ducats. When Michelangelo Went to Constantinople 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z The same principle now seems to apply, unofficially, in the Tory cabinet, where DExEU is a leaver fiefdom. Michael Gove rules out resigning over Brexit deal - Politics live 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z He says the unlawful purchases on two city credit cards funded her “lavish lifestyle” and says she ran the fund as her “own personal fiefdom.” Aide to ex-mayor accused of stealing $20K from Philadelphia 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Politics for Taylor was about problem solving, not building fiefdoms or protecting turf. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Secretary Baldrige felt our executive branch was dysfunctional, with trade agencies acting more like fiefdoms despite their respective mandates to help U.S. exporters. Reduce China trade deficit by exporting more, not piling on more tariffs 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z But these same Republicans support Donald Trump, a man who wants to make America into a fiefdom of Vladimir Putin and Russia. Max Boot on the end of conservatism: “The Republican Party needs to be burned down” 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Mukalla became the centerpiece of an Al Qaeda fiefdom that extended nearly 400 miles along the Yemeni coastline. Mukalla is an oasis of stability in war-torn Yemen. So why do some residents miss Al Qaeda? - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z When Kadyrov rose to power seven years later, he took reign of a semi-autonomous republic ripe for transformation into his own personal fiefdom. Why the UFC's 'sportswashing' of Chechnya’s dictator is a problem 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z The next stretch of the caravan cuts across Brazil’s sertão, a scorched backcountry of cactuses and cattle carcasses long notorious as the fiefdom of ruthless oligarchs. Journey to Brazil's heart: across 2,600 miles and seven states, we ask – how will Brazilians vote? 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z I was at sea in Disney’s hierarchy and fiefdoms. From super agent to Disney castoff, Michael Ovitz recounts his epic fallout with Michael Eisner - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z But as a woman of letters, she is fascinated by Willy’s bustling literary fiefdom and soon finds her place in it, first as a proofer and then as one of his ghostwriters. Review: Keira Knightley illuminates a writer's awakening in the shrewd, witty 'Colette' 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z It became the centerpiece of an al-Qaida fiefdom. Seventeen years after Sept. 11, al-Qaida may be stronger than ever 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z It became the centerpiece of an Al Qaeda fiefdom. Seventeen years after Sept. 11, Al Qaeda may be stronger than ever 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z On Sunday, Mourinho takes his side to Burnley, Lord’s old fiefdom, for a fixture that 60 years ago sparked wild scenes. José Mourinho is a saint compared with Burnley’s Lord of provocation | Scott Murray 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Moreover, it is far from clear that creating a new independent Pentagon fiefdom would promote any more integration with the Army or Navy. Opinion | The Space Force isn’t silly. Reshuffling the Pentagon might be. 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Price said that the episode with Ms. Manigault Newman showed that “this is not an administration, it’s more a personal fiefdom of Donald Trump.” Trump Appears to Admit White House Aides Signed Nondisclosure Agreements 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z For the past three years, it was the fiefdom of the local militia that guarded it, one of the many armed groups seeking influence in Aden. Dying babies and no doctors: A look inside a Yemeni hospital 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Obviously he’s the founder and CEO of Facebook, which is, in theory, a public company but is in fact his fiefdom, as a casual inspection of the company’s SEC filings confirms. Has Zuckerberg, like Frankenstein, lost control of the monster he created? | John Naughton 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z He describes the White House as being “structured to operate as a warren of fiefdoms rather than one cohesive unit,” breeding tensions, and he calls his relationship with the press “radioactive.” In Spicer’s new book, praise for Trump, criticism for press 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z He describes the White House as being “structured to operate as a warren of fiefdoms rather than one cohesive unit,” breeding tensions, and he calls his relationship with the press “radioactive.” In Spicer’s new book, praise for Trump, criticism for press 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Google was just then going public in a much-watched IPO, and the company had curdled into competing fiefdoms and egos. Review | Remember when we used to get lost? Here’s why we don’t anymore. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The hip-hop blogs originally sprouted from mid-2000s message board culture to flourish as voice-driven personal fiefdoms breaking new artists, excavating obscurities, and spawning critical dialogue. How Instagram and YouTube help underground hip-hop artists and tastemakers find huge audiences 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The port became the centerpiece of an Al Qaeda fiefdom, comparable to Islamic State’s so-called capitals of Raqqa and Mosul. Yemen is the world's forgotten war. Here's why it shouldn't be 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z We lunched in the Grill Room at The Four Seasons, alongside the swells we were moving in on and taking over their fiefdoms in advertising and journalism and film and politics and finance. Don't blame yourselves millennials (like you would), boomers created Donald Trump 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z A chief culprit, the late Chuck Blazer, criminally filled his offshore bank accounts and evaded his taxes from his personal fiefdom – in Trump Tower. Money talks for Fifa as Morocco pays price for Infantino’s expansion plan | David Conn 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z It also hurts our democracy: these companies are like little fiefdoms, spending millions in politics to buy silence from lawmakers. Mega-mergers like AT&T and Time Warner crush American democracy | Zephyr Teachout 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The president has now claimed the entire executive branch as his private fiefdom, and every federal law enforcement official as his personal servant. Opinion | The likely next speaker of the House is a mindless sycophant 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z But others, who represent the unshakable Republican base, would give Ivanka a fiefdom, if that would make her and her daddy happy. Opinion | Ivanka Trump’s China trademarks don’t look or smell good 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Sir Robert Hart ended up becoming inspector-general of the Customs of China, which became a fiefdom for Brits for a century afterwards. Five ways China's past has shaped its present 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Despite an end to the war in 2011, many of the lucrative fiefdoms carved out by former rebels remain in place. Explainer: Plans to end cocoa deforestation face multiple hurdles 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Employees say it resulted in the creation of fiefdoms and rivalries that proved difficult for any CEO to control. Deutsche Bank's new CEO takes sober look at 'ugly' investment bank 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Holed up in Catedral Prison on the outskirts of Medellín, which became his own personal fiefdom, he had been promised a reduced sentence if he agreed to cease trafficking drugs. World Cup stunning moments: Andrés Escobar's deadly own goal | Barry Glendenning 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Putin is seen as a potential arbiter in the case, despite appointing the governor, who has run the region as a personal fiefdom since 1997. Russian protesters kick up a stink about landfill – but not against Putin 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Inmates also frequently obtain weapons and drugs with the help of corrupt guards and heavily armed groups control cellblock fiefdoms. Relatives demand answers after Venezuela jail fire kills 68 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Inmates are frequently able to obtain weapons and drugs with the help of corrupt guards and heavily armed groups control cellblock fiefdoms. Riot, fire breaks out at Venezuela police station 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z These are central Africa’s ministates — overlapping and unrecognized fiefdoms in a Texas-size country riven by disorder, situated in one of the world’s worst neighborhoods. Rebels in the Central African Republic are filling the void of an absent government 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Men who were at one time just ordinary guys, not particularly handsome, found themselves at the apex of fiefdoms where their moves were no longer questioned for the longest time. Opinion | Hooray for Harvey-less Hollywood! 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z But for every fallen kingpin, there was a host of would-be successors: organized crime in Michoacán shattered into a patchwork of warring fiefdoms. 'The training stays with you': the elite Mexican soldiers recruited by cartels 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Buchanan, the author of a report on World Cup worker abuses in Russia, said Kadyrov runs Chechnya “like his own fiefdom and commits human rights abuses with impunity.” FIFA urged to scrap Chechnya as World Cup base for Egypt 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z But now it watches as Trump makes the executive branch his personal fiefdom. Opinion | The cowardice among Republicans is staggering 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z There is no precedent in recent history of any President calling the DoJ and the FBI as units in his own fiefdom. Trump Clears the Way for Release of Secret Republican Memo 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z “The regional directors are their own fiefdoms,” he said. Trump Appointee Is Trying to Squelch Us, Labor Board Staff Says 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Instead, the administration exposed one of the big drivers of its severe dysfunction: its attitude that the federal government is a fiefdom that Mr. Trump and his lieutenants rule according to their whim. Opinion | Excluding Florida from a new offshore drilling plan sure looks partisan 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z The system was intended to prevent state agencies from becoming political fiefdoms where jobs are offered to the well-connected regardless of job qualifications. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z When it came to the more benign expressions of resentment – in the academy and in the fiefdoms of high culture – I was less sure. Reckoning with a culture of male resentment 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z “A large part of the problem is that each member of Congress can treat their staff as their own fiefdom and also know that it will remain silent.” Raul Grijalva’s secret deal exposes second ‘hush fund’ on Capitol Hill 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Large number of little fiefdoms, like Bulgaria and whatnot, and before that it was Romans and Visigoths, Ostragoths, and all sorts of other Goths fighting back and forth in the forests. Consensus? No, Thanks. German Politics Suddenly Get Messy. 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Without Napoleon Europe could have remained some rough confederacies of fiefdoms, each forever squabbling, no unified Germany or Italy, Russia too big to succeed fractures into more manageable regions, etc. Opinion | What If the Russian Revolution Had Never Happened? 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The MP criticised the universities' colleges for being "fiefdoms of entrenched privilege". The Oxford college with a 90% state school intake 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z “Loyalty is no longer enough. Mohammed bin Salman doesn’t want to allow the existence of those fiefdoms.” Crown Prince gains power after sweeping purge of Saudi officials 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Mirziyoyev’s predecessor, Islam Karimov, was a former Communist Party apparatchik who ruled Uzbekistan as his personal fiefdom while reaping political and economic benefits from the U.S. war in Afghanistan. New York attack suspect’s Uzbekistan roots put focus on Central Asia’s battle with extremism 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z But nothing is straightforward in a country with two antagonistic governments, many fiefdoms and strongmen, few legitimate ways of earning a living and myriad trafficking groups jostling for status, territory and business. Libyan path to Europe turns into dead end for desperate migrants 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Under Tillerson, it’s grown in scope and influence, prompting concern he’s creating what one senior State Department official described as a “miniature fiefdom” to sidestep the wider department and legislative oversight. State Department scraps its sanctions office 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Mr Lammy added: "Whilst some individual colleges and tutors are taking steps to improve access, in reality many Oxbridge colleges are still fiefdoms of entrenched privilege, the last bastions of the old school tie." Oxbridge 'even posher than we thought' 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z In the past, Saudi Arabia “would allow the existence of powerful people or fiefdoms, as long as they remained loyal in the general sense,” he said. Crown Prince gains power after sweeping purge of Saudi officials 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z She alleged the Panama Papers scheme was also connected to Azerbaijan, the oil-rich dictatorship ruled as a personal fiefdom by the Aliyev family. 'The situation is desperate': murdered Maltese journalist's final words 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Another activist highlighted an apparent lack of control in Moscow over events in Chechnya, which is often described as the private fiefdom of its leader, Ramzan Kadyrov. Chechen 'gay purge' victim speaks of torture 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The economy was still booming, but corruption was rampant while fiefdoms corralled money and power strictly for their own interests. As Xi Jinping gets a second 5-year term, Chinese wonder if he’ll be another Putin 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z “Males acted like governors of fiefdoms, structuring how all mountain lions across the landscape interacted with each other,” he said. Solitary Pumas Turn Out to Be Mountain Lions Who Lunch 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z The access did not always bring clarity, especially when it came to figuring out how competing fiefdoms operated inside the West Wing. For some foreign diplomats, the Trump White House is a troubling enigma 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z On the island, a U.S. territory, towns function almost as small fiefdoms. Puerto Rico mayors play outsized role in hurricane recovery 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z The revolt soon turned into a civil war that resulted in mostly Islamist militias becoming the real source of power, carving up fiefdoms of influence and showing little or no respect for government authority. Iraqi Kurdish vote latest in series of de facto breaks 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The fiefdom today marks 50 years since the pirate radio broadcaster Roy Bates first clambered on to it and declared it a sovereign state. The off-shore fort 'state' of Sealand marks 50 years - BBC News 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z “I don’t want to end up in a place where you have to subscribe to a bunch of different fiefdoms.” Freedom from cable isn’t free: Flood of streaming services will make cutting the cord more complicated 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z In Japan, choice Cabinet positions tend to be distributed between factions that operate almost like political fiefdoms within the ruling party. Japan’s prime minister reshuffles Cabinet as support dips 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z On the island, a U.S. territory, towns function almost as small fiefdoms. Puerto Rico mayors play outsized role in hurricane recovery 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z He focused on China, an ostensible ally to both countries, which he blames for not exerting enough pressure on the military fiefdom to curb its aggressive behavior. The North Korea situation is getting a whole lot more tense 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Even for a filmmaker who’s essentially staked out the nexus of the uncanny and the disturbing as his personal fiefdom, Lynch has doubled down on his experimentalism and overall inscrutability. The new Twin Peaks isn't just violent — it redefines what violence is 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The utopian dream is giving way to fiefdoms of interfering rules, blockages, filters, surveillance, national controls and privacy threats. Opinion | Apple and other tech titans should tread carefully in China 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z As the conflict unspooled over 16 years, abusive strongmen were propped up to fight insurgents — from unruly militiamen sowing tyranny in their fiefdoms to torturers in military uniforms. Opinion | Afghan soldiers are using boys as sex slaves, and the U.S. is looking the other way 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The proliferation of transit bureaucracies — and their efforts to skew transportation policy and investments to benefit their fiefdoms — is a serious concern. Fast Kitsap ferry should be template for smart regional growth 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z The mosque was named after Nuruddin al-Zanki, a noble who fought the early crusaders from a fiefdom that covered territory in modern-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Shock and anger in Mosul after Islamic State destroys historic mosque 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The mosque was named after Nuruddin al‑Zanki, a noble who fought the early crusaders from a fiefdom that covered territory in modern-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Islamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared 'caliphate' 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The government’s sprawling information-technology system is flawed and balky, controlled in agency fiefdoms that will be difficult to break.... Silicon Valley, White House Tackle Troubled Government Tech 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Many in Moscow are tired of the de facto independence Kadyrov enjoys to run Chechnya as his personal fiefdom in return for pledging loyalty on paper to Putin. Russia investigates 'gay purge' in Chechnya 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z His administration is comprised of fiefdoms engaged in more-or-less open warfare. Opinion | In Trump’s house of betrayal, leaks are business as usual. That’s a big problem. 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The oligarchs of the Putin era, on the other hand, are themselves assets of the state, administering business fiefdoms that also happen to pay handsomely. Putin’s Shadow Cabinet and the Bridge to Crimea 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z With no consensus reality uniting all Americans, news consumption becomes tribal: you remain in the fiefdoms you trust and shut everyone else out. The liberal punditocracy thinks Donald Trump is toast. Not so fast | Ross Barkan 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Early in his career he worked in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, a fiefdom he would later head. A sudden fall for an FBI director once seen as above the fray and untouchable 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Hollande voted Sunday morning in his political fiefdom of Tulle in southwestern France. The Latest: Le Pen concedes defeat in French election 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Every branch of the Communist Party, every province and city often operate as a fiefdom for those in power, allowing leaders special, lucrative access to policy, land and government contracts. In a Beijing ballroom, Kushner family pushes $500,000 ‘investor visa’ to wealthy Chinese 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Those mountains were his unquestioned fiefdom, but with Guzmán locked up in a New York high-security unit, rival crime groups are now making brazen incursions. Mexico after El Chapo: new generation fights for control of the cartel 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z “The various ministries that the units report to are competing fiefdoms, each struggling for power, influence, prestige and resources.” Iraqi Forces Open a Front in West Mosul, Trying to Squeeze ISIS 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z In Scotland, where Labour ran a virtual one-party fiefdom until the 2015 vote, the party is now a distant third. After hard-left turn under Jeremy Corbyn, Britain’s Labour Party on course for historic defeat 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z And secondly, that he is only going to find his own jumping-off point, his fiefdom, a football world to bend to his own shape, if he does. Neymar won’t leave Barcelona while he is hovering close to the throne | Barney Ronay 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z He was in the middle of reading Ken Follet’s “World Without End,” a medieval saga about the brutal world of knights, royalty and fiefdoms, and it helped put his predicament into perspective. French Gourmet case a cautionary tale about workplace immigration enforcement 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Support for Fillon is even faltering in his political fiefdom in western France. French election: Even Fillon's hometown turning against him 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z “With all its fiefdoms, Mississippi government is better designed for feudal society than an effective 21st century government,” Bryant wrote in his budget recommendation for the fiscal year that starts July 1. Analysis: Bill could build up power of Mississippi governor 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Joan of Arc, who was just 12 & kept France from becoming an English fiefdom. Why Young Girls Don’t Think They Are Smart Enough 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “There were wrestling fiefdoms all over the country, each with its own little lord in charge,” Vince McMahon said in the Sports Illustrated story. Linda McMahon, who built a wrestling powerhouse, could face a tough bout in Senate hearing 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z But inside the CIA, with its fiercely guarded fiefdoms, it exploded like a grenade. Opinion | Will John Brennan’s controversial CIA modernization survive Trump? 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Such a system, complete with state bordered, competition-free fiefdoms, was bound to succumb to moral hazard problems and a need for greater subsidies to control premium increases. House Clears Path for Repeal of Health Law 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Jobs must be cut, budgets cut and fiefdoms wiped out. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z These are distinct fiefdoms but are required to coordinate on permitting decisions. Secretary of Federal Imperialism 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Zardad fought the Soviets with the mujahideen before setting up his personal fiefdom on the highway between Kabul and the Pakistani border, using checkpoints to extract income from terrified travellers. UK criticised for failure to tell Afghan warlord's victims of his release 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The oil-producing nation fractured into fiefdoms controlled by competing groups of former rebels. Islamic State loses its stronghold in Libya, but more chaos could soon follow 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z It also serves as an unintentional monument to the economically ruinous changes Castro brought to rural Cuba, starting with the fiefdom of his immigrant father. Castro Town: Fidel grew up here, but he came back to destroy it 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z “He doesn’t have any other agendas or motives or fiefdoms. And in the world of politics … that’s frequently hard to find.” Jared Kushner, the Trump son-in-law who's the next president's 'eyes and ears' 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z There followed a “big bang” decentralisation that turned Indonesia’s many geographic, cultural and ethnic fiefdoms from vassals of the central government in Jakarta into quasi-autonomous democracies. 'Biggest invisible thing on earth?' – It's called Indonesia, and it's waking up 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z The large bustling metros of Tampa and Orlando are broken up by the citrus and cattle fiefdoms of Polk County. Florida’s I-4 corridor is where the election could be won 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z But the campaign is nonetheless likely to be just as hard-fought in a state such as Florida, which in many ways resembles a confederation of fiefdoms. Battle for Florida: Trump and Clinton home in on crucial state as voting begins 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z By the time Mrs. Conway and Mr. Bannon came aboard in mid-August, they say, the structure was irremediably broken — carved up into fiefdoms. Donald Trump shuns experience in campaign advisers 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The vice president in charge of my department ran his tiny fiefdom as if he oversaw a staff of 20,000. The One Question You Should Ask About Every New Job 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z The three services are each reasonably competent, say security experts; the trouble is that they function as separate fiefdoms. Guns and ghee 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z “The different departments have their own fiefdom. That’s what he is setting out to change.” Pope and ceremony: the secret world of Vatican City 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Islam Karimov, the Communist Party apparatchik who transformed post-independence Uzbekistan into a brutal personal fiefdom while reaping political and economic benefits from the U.S. war in Afghanistan, has died in Tashkent. Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan strongman who exploited anti-terror fight, dies at 78 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Metro functions for the user community and not as a fiefdom for the general manager. On fixing Metro, reality mocks our optimism bias 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Police killings are also on the rise, with the vast majority of victims black residents of impoverished slums that are fiefdoms of the city’s many criminal gangs. Olympic officer shot in head after wrong turn into slum 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Police killings are also on the rise, with the vast majority of victims black residents of impoverished slums that are fiefdoms of the city's many criminal gangs. Olympic Officer Shot in the Head 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The sale went unchallenged because Sir Philip runs his retail empire, which also includes Topshop and Wallis, as "a personal fiefdom", they said. Sir Philip Green blamed by MPs for BHS collapse - BBC News 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z For Zenyi and others like him, though, this swath of jungle is home—a place where the First Front runs its own fiefdom. Colombia’s Epic War Is Ending. Now Comes the Hard Part 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Ailes transformed Fox News into a media giant and a political force, and in the process turned it into a fiefdom that he controlled absolutely. Ailes on the brink? A shake-up at the top of Fox News would have big political repercussions 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z In a 2002 interview with the SEC Historical Society, Mr. Pollack recalled that an early obstacle to centralized enforcement was the “fiefdom” mentality of some regional offices. Irving Pollack, who established SEC’s enforcement division, dies at 98 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Police captains ruled their precincts like private fiefdoms, but appointment to command required money and political influence. The Origins of Corruption in the New York City Police Department 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z By the time the jail scandal came to light, though, he was viewed as someone who had created a fiefdom under Baca. Former high-ranking Sheriff's official to be sentenced for role in obstructing FBI probe 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z An even smaller number of thinkers speculate on a new medievalism of overlapping and interlocking fiefdoms of different sizes and kinds with different, and multiple, claims on individuals. The End of Democracy as We Know It 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Mostly it reflects the style of Sumner Redstone, who has long run his $40-billion media empire like a private fiefdom and believes in awarding whopping pay packages to the bosses — himself included. Why Sumner Redstone's men — Leslie Moonves and Philippe Dauman — made a king's ransom 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Gone were the old Clinton hands, with their warring fiefdoms. Path to Victory: How Clinton learned from ’08 missteps 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z But many fear the far-flung Philippine archipelago needs its strong central rule to avoid dissolving into a hodgepodge of fiefdoms led by local clans. Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte Pushes Regional Autonomy to Quell Insurgencies 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z In 1523, Charles V, the King of Spain and Sicily, granted them one of his fiefdoms: Malta, a sparsely inhabited patch of rock. Escape to Malta, a Place With a ‘Game of Thrones’ Past 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The club chairman is hosting the Leicester players at the Pullman Hotel, which lies within the King Power Center, the centerpiece of his own business fiefdom. Thais Show Their Love for Soccer Champions Leicester in Bangkok 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Interviews with one dozen present and former Deutsche staff and managers describe an organization still dominated by fiefdoms and bureaucracy. For Deutsche Bank's Cryan, profit can wait 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But officials have begun running through scenarios and identifying weaknesses in defense, which help officials tear down the walls between different fiefdoms, he said, so communication and planning can improve. A fight to protect ‘the most valuable real estate in space’ 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z And the growing number of promotional and network fiefdoms continue to harm the sport. Is Gennady Golovkin too good to get a big fight? | Gary Andrew Poole 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z “People wanted to own their own little fiefdoms. They missed the goal of like-minded people working together.” Hollywood conservative club blames its end on Trump, cliques and own success 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The Road Warriors’ emergence coincided with the advent of cable TV, which Ellering said moved wrestling out of the fiefdoms of local TV and onto a national stage. Catching up with pro wrestler ‘Precious’ Paul Ellering 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Managers had created their own fiefdoms, one senior trader said, adding that Cryan was limited in what he could do because the inefficiencies were profound. For Deutsche Bank's Cryan, profit can wait 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Kadyrov is accused by rights activists and political opposition of running the region as his personal fiefdom with a private army, with wide use of kidnapping and torture and little oversight from Moscow. Journalists beaten and bus torched on Chechnya tour, say activists 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z In addition, the Vatican's various congregations operate as individual fiefdoms: By what mechanism would these three fiefdoms then turn their cases over to a new tribunal? Pope Francis' proposed Vatican tribunal to judge bishops who covered up for pedophile priests is going nowhere fast 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Kremlin critics allege he has since been given free rein by Putin to run the volatile mountainous republic as a generously funded personal fiefdom in return for suppressing separatist and Islamist forces there. Chechen leader Kadyrov 'threatens whole of Russia', opposition says 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Now, Kurds have started to carve out a fiefdom in the north of fragmenting Syria, similar to the autonomy enjoyed by their kin in northern Iraq. Kurds' advance in Syria divides U.S. and Turkey as Russia bombs 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z You spoke about family fiefdoms controlling politics there in Louisiana, in many instances, and St. Martinsville I guess was exceptional because it actually rose to the level of federal prosecution. “They’re all corruptions of American democracy”: Race, vote buying and the insidious new assault on the poor 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z When I say the grasslands are the maned wolf's "home," I suppose I should really say "fiefdom." The Verge Review of Animals: the maned wolf 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z It stirs echoes of the long history of city states, like Italian cities during the Renaissance, with wealth and creativity operating within civic fiefdoms, rather than national boundaries. Are cities the new countries? - BBC News 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z And they also base their power on the control of fiefdoms. Meet the New Gangster Warlords of Latin America 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z One could plead for concessions, as a child might petition a father, but never intrude upon the state’s private fiefdoms, never exist as an equal. The future of the Egyptian revolution 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z This is the crucial moment in cultivating a fiefdom of followers, experts say. How to become Internet-famous in under a year 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z The trust is one of the few fiefdoms that Mr. DeWit controls, and he wanted to keep that money in his back pocket, collecting interest. Arizona’s End Run Around the Education Spending Lobby 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z A subsequent battle for power and resources led to repeated clashes among rival militias, the expulsion of the internationally recognised government from the capital and the division of Libya into rival fiefdoms. Does the West want democracy in the Middle East? - BBC News 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Only in largely in French-speaking Brussels, and particularly Molenbeek, until recently a fiefdom of the French-speaking Socialist party, was there still a problem, he said. Belgian connection: three held in Brussels over Paris attacks 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Already the state is his personal fiefdom: MPs are obsequious to the president; officials and judges serve at his whim, and ministerial jobs are given to allies and family members. President forever 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The members of the LSU and other key state boards and commissions now operate as vassals in the governor’s fiefdom. David Vitter, dead man walking: Louisiana’s most feared Republican is now its most loathed — and he’s going to lose 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Last week, doomed Republican 2016 contender Jeb Bush announced that he would travel to Regent University, that miasmic fiefdom of faith fiends and darkness overseen by televangelist hatemonger Pat Robertson, to seek his blessing. All hail the Satanic Temple: Up close with the brilliant “Satanists” who drive the faith-deranged nuts 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z It broke down long-established fiefdoms to reshape its community and technical college system to meet the needs of today’s world. Kentucky editorial roundup 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z HTC is now looking to rebuild its own fiefdom, and it’s decided to lean on the popularity and familiarity of the iPhone for some support. How To Copy: HTC's iPhone clone could be the One I've been waiting for 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Now each ministry belongs to a sect and a party, and they treat it as their fiefdoms,” he said. 'More dangerous than Isis': power cuts leave Iraqis boiling with rage 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z That means streamlining the dozen communications fiefdoms that compete with one another and duplicate efforts. Pope Francis became a social media star before the Vatican was ready for it 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z They, he said, “controlled Judiciary as a sort of fiefdom.” How the South’s Public Enemy No. 1 climbed onto the Supreme Court 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z “FIFA will not be run as the personal fiefdom of an all-powerful clique.” Prince Ali of Jordan announces bid for FIFA president 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Party leaders are slowly handing off power to their own progeny, scions of modern fiefdoms. Something rotten in the state as Beirut’s protesters lose their cool at government 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z My concern is that he’d grab up that power and, really, treat the country as his little bully fiefdom.” Rand Paul: Tea Party’s been “hijacked and hoodwinked” by “false conservative” Donald Trump 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z As part owners, Microsofties who were asked to work on projects for other groups didn’t see it as helping someone else’s fiefdom; they saw it as working for the company and ultimately themselves. Before Windows 10: Behind-The-Scenes At A Young Microsoft 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z As the Internet brings greater efficiencies and benefits to the U.S. economy, some regulators are seeing their traditional fiefdoms and regulated industries dissolve. The Consequences of a Washington Internet Power Grab 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Vernon was controlled for many years by a family that critics say operated the town like a fiefdom. In a dramatic change for Vernon, doors open to new residents 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, IS militants in Syria threatened to turn Gaza into another of their "fiefdoms". Palestinian forces arrest dozens of Hamas members in West Bank - BBC News 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The decision is a vistory for reformers who saw independent commissions as the best weapon to stop politicians from manipulating electoral district lines to protect incumbents or political fiefdoms. Supreme Court upholds power of independent commissions to draw districts 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z The majority in Wynne say the authors of the Constitution were concerned about the Balkanization of the country into little economic fiefdoms. Justice Scalia Is Right About Wynne 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The rumours that are now swirling around outside the hotel suggest that those arrested are mainly officials from the Concacaf region, the former fiefdom controlled by Warner. Fifa corruption charges: six officials arrested in Zurich – live updates 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Your job is more like putting an entire culture shift into action at an established company, with fiefdoms to engage and IT policies to overcome. TeradataVoice: Three Ways To Run Your Global Businesses With Startup Agility 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Just to salt the wound, he did so in Glasgow, a hard-bitten fiefdom of Scottish pride, where Tories fear to tread. David Cameron Carries On 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Given the scale and nature of the defeat in Scotland, the temptation for Labour must be to politically abandon its former fiefdom so as to concentrate on re-taking English seats. Election 2015: Where next for Labour? - BBC News 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z But others contend that the regional authorities are operated like fiefdoms, with little accountability to taxpayers. Review: $1B spent on transportation, with little in return 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z VMware and its ecosystem were worried that the customers would move away from the private cloud fiefdoms to the public cloud platforms eroding its multi-million dollar business. Containers and Microservices Force VMware To Ship A Linux Distribution 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z In the worst, it leads to entrenched fiefdoms and a bureaucratic hall of mirrors. Why the Least Sexy Merger in Tech Matters for Us All 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Herat, which borders Iran, was virtually his fiefdom. AP Interview: Afghan warlord warns of Islamic State rise 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z For a country long riven by conflict and divided into ethnic fiefdoms, concluding such a pact would be a landmark achievement before November elections. Myanmar conflict with Kokang rebels may test draft cease-fire pact 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Almost everyone in the room agreed on and mentioned the need to demolish the “silo”—the four-letter word du jour in government and management-speak these days referring to fiefdoms within organizations that don’t collaborate. Amongst Friends, Clinton Discusses Urban Renewal 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Assimilating college sports into the university would prevent them from being run as autonomies or fiefdoms. Problems in college athletics teach hard lessons that appear never learned 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z “But each region is its own very dysfunctional fiefdom, so on the ground it’s going to take some real time.” At VA health facilities, whistleblowers still fear retaliation 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The hydrocarbon sector is a personal bank, and indeed much of the economy is increasingly treated as an individual fiefdom. Putin: The Rise of a Villain Straight From Central Casting 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Republicans have taken the Senate and expanded their fiefdom in the House, but the Democrats seem to have won the intellectual narrative nonetheless. Republicans have started to care about income inequality 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Many states have become party fiefdoms whose battle cry is to distrust the Federal government, rather than collaborate for the benefit of the whole. Don’t Look to States for New Ideas 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Instead of bringing teams into alignment, they are separated into fiefdoms of data without a single source of truth. Tearing Down The Silos That Cloud Apps Create 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z It gets about a third of its production from Sechin’s fiefdom. For BP and chief executive Bob Dudley, a bumpy ride in Russia becomes worse 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Despite the intensifying dangers as Libya splinters into warring fiefdoms, many Egyptians continue to seek work in the neighboring North African nation, including large numbers of Coptic Christians from southern Egypt or the Nile Delta. More than a dozen Egyptian Copts reportedly kidnapped in Libya 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z "Russia was in a shambles by the time Yeltsin left. And, to a certain extent, Putin did clear things up. "The local governors are no longer fiefdoms that do whatever they want. Has 15 years of power gone to Putin's head? 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z “They’re definitely little fiefdoms, there’s no question about that,” Republican state Sen. Matt Murphy said. Topinka’s death renews talk of merging offices 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Almost every branch of the Communist Party and government is a fiefdom built on guanxi. Once a cop, now an outcast: A Chinese tale of abuse and a craving for justice “Do they envision an Iraq that is completely Shia – where they are running little fiefdoms?” asked one. Nemesis: The Shadowy Iranian Training Shia Militias in Iraq The problem is that the combined Apple-Google push into the dashboard exposes a patchwork of troubling fiefdoms inside the car's circuitboards. Android Auto is great, but automakers are holding it back 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z As roads disappear, so does the government's influence, and off the major routes, one enters the fiefdom of DR Congo's myriad armed groups. Vaccinating a remote community 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z They are more interested in protecting their personal fiefdoms and reputations than in saving lives. The Flat Debt Society 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Baseball has become a more regionalized game, a series of thriving fiefdoms with little national cultural connection. Baseball's Derek Jeter Problem 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Framed with the cuddly terminology of “long-term stewardship” and “adding value”, they are merely mimicking those aristocratic fiefdoms, recasting the city as a network of privatised enclaves. The truth about property developers: how they are exploiting planning authorities and ruining our cities 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z So even as the chaos mounts, the country has been largely left to its own devices as it is carved into fiefdoms by rival militias. Libya's leaders shelter by the sea as country tilts toward civil war 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The challenge will be to try to forge the military and security apparatus into truly national institutions, not sectarian fiefdoms. Legacy of mistrust haunts new Iraqi government 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z That's why Yes Scotland is picking up support in what were once Labour fiefdoms, as the latest polls show. What would independence really mean for Scotland's economy? 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Middle-market companies often operate as small fiefdoms under the control of the king, or to use a business term, the CEO. Outside Board Members Bring Needed Experience And Perspective To Your Company 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Many of these towns are still run "like little fiefdoms" by remnants of their old white middle class that may not share the concerns of newcomers, said Umana, who moved to Ferguson eight years ago. Ferguson's mounting racial and economic stress set stage for turmoil 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Her detractors say the pastor is self-serving and incompetent, turning Park Southern into her personal fiefdom, living rent-free as she drove it on a downward spiral of dysfunction. Rev. Joyce Scott: Activist draws questions in D.C.’s Ward 8 subsidized housing complex Building on Lineage’s dynastic marriages, ArchAge is promising to let players build castles, claim territory, set up fiefdoms if they choose, and also to prey on the trade between fiefdoms as pirates. Trion Worlds CEO Talks 'ArcheAge': 'It's a big bet. We think it's a good bet' 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Some say that weakness comes from the demise of powerful individual senators, some of whom ruled their committees like fiefdoms and others who otherwise exercised outsize influence. Leadership war stymies Senate mission For more than half a century, the Somoza family ruled the Central American republic of Nicaragua as its personal fiefdom. 'I was a Sandinista rebel' 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z An architect by trade, in 1957 he launched his real estate fiefdom with the construction of four modest duplexes in Montreal. Canadian-Israeli Real Estate Tycoon David Azrieli Dies At 92 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The allegations in the lawsuit paint a picture of D'Arcy running the nonprofits like a personal fiefdom since excluding the management trustees. L.A. asks for court-appointed receiver to take over DWP nonprofits 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z His accession makes him king of one of the most influential fiefdoms in northern Nigeria. Boko Haram: Terror’s Insidious New Face Without a unifying leader accepted by all sides, Afghanistan could split into two or more fiefdoms along tribal fault lines, or even return to the bloody civil war of the 1990s. Afghanistan's Abdullah rejects election result as 'coup' against people 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z They were abandoned throughout April and most of May to the separatist fighters, who established weird little fiefdoms across the region. Ukraine's Lawless Warzones Recede as Rebel Fighters Fall Back 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z “He can say all he wants at the top, but it doesn’t mean anything if the fiefdoms don’t comply.” After Criticism, Investigator Steps Down From the V.A. 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z By some measures, Eritrea’s technology is worse than that of Kim Jong Un’s benighted fiefdom. Eritrea's Communications Disconnect 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Mississippi is an American state, not a conservative fiefdom where right-wing activists are entitled to unchallenged influence over its affairs and politics. Did black voters save Thad Cochran? 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Additionally, Paul has now been invited to Romney’s Park City, Utah retreat twice and trekked to Boston in April to huddle with Romney’s political fiefdom. Rand Paul's Iowa Inroads 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z India’s ruling coalitions bog down in large part because they depend on the support of these often rotten and incompetent regional fiefdoms. Can Modi Clean Up India's Holiest and Dirtiest River? 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z “You’ve got a lot of fiefdoms, and there’s the strong, disproportionate influence and power of the ground forces.” China’s Leader, Seeking to Build Its Muscle, Pushes Overhaul of the Military 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Rebels who fought Gadhafi later formed armed militias that turned Libya into fiefdoms and put pressure on the elected government. Islamist-led militias deploy in Libya's capital 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z But beyond the fashion, Louis Vuitton - the world’s most lucrative design house - was also flexing its muscles here in the fiefdom of the Monegasque royalty. Louis Vuitton flexes royal muscles in Monaco 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z But beyond the fashion, Louis Vuitton — the world's most lucrative design house — was also flexing its muscles here in the fiefdom of the Monegasque royalty. Louis Vuitton flexes royal muscles in Monaco 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Will the masses of employees jump on board to help accelerate Microsoft forward towards it new, “mobile first cloud first”, vision, or will the historic fiefdoms dampen urgency and lead to complacency? Nadella Gets 'A' For First 100 Days, Success To Be Revealed In Next 90 Days 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z "The Premier League is a personal fiefdom and has been structured as such to protect those with power," he said. Richard Scudamore under pressure to resign over sexist emails 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z For while the crazy, fantastical, mythical characters may have belonged to the fantasies and stories the young Gabriel heard from his grandmother, the frontier towns, the jungles and corrupt fiefdoms were pure contemporary Latin America. Garcia Marquez: Guide to surreal and real Latin America 2014-04-21T11:42:49Z Militias, some of them jihadist, have sprung up across the country, carving out fiefdoms while carrying out increasing numbers of assassinations and other types of attacks. Militias and mayham: The truth about American military assistance in Libya 2014-04-16T15:14:00Z “I don’t want people sitting with their egos in their fiefdoms,” Mr. Bewkes said. Warner’s C.E.O. Is Bullish on the Big Screen 2014-03-29T16:23:40Z The country's most prized assets belonged to a handful of well-connected "oligarchs", who ran the country like a private fiefdom. Vladimir Putin: The rebuilding of ‘Soviet’ Russia 2014-03-28T00:12:47Z Almost a dozen current and former staffers described Holland as someone who bridles at being challenged and fiercely protects his fiefdom. U.S. military leaves missing behind 2014-03-08T18:00:00Z Youths armed with assault rifles zip down winding gravel roads on four-wheel motorbikes, patrolling Guzman's fiefdom. Mexican kingpin's fall clouds future of drug heartland 2014-02-28T06:13:47Z Mr Young’s fiefdom is interesting in its own right. Lexington: Of pensioners and pork 2014-02-13T15:59:49Z "Historically, it was a siloed business where there were a lot of fiefdoms and people argued... and Alan in a lot of ways broke that down," said Mr Stover. Ford reports 'one of its best years' 2014-01-28T16:16:56Z "Starting peace talks is a condition because we want to be confident that after the signing of the security agreement, Afghanistan will not be divided into fiefdoms," he said. Afghan president says U.S. should start talks with Taliban or leave 2014-01-25T13:01:25Z Ecclestone runs the commercial side of the $1 billion sport very much as a fiefdom, with no designated successor and an unwillingness to delegate. Ferrari want teams to discuss post-Ecclestone F1 2013-12-20T12:07:46Z Instead of enhancing Sears’ bottom line, the heads of various divisions began to undermine each other and fight tooth and claw for the profits of their individual fiefdoms at the expense of the overall brand. Ayn Rand-loving CEO destroys his empire 2013-12-10T14:00:00Z Mulally managed to knock down historical fiefdoms and got everyone in the company working together toward a common goal: “One Ford.” Mulally's Extended Dance With Microsoft Isn't Fair To Ford 2013-11-25T18:55:00Z On October 12, 2004, at the time that Arafat fell ill, his powerful cousin Moussa Arafat survived an assassination attempt in his Gaza Strip fiefdom. Insight: Old assumptions questioned in Arafat's mysterious death 2013-11-22T17:35:49Z But the Washington Runnedovers played right into Denver’s dangerous hands, made it so easy for this stadium to shake the way it did when Shanahan lorded over his own fiefdom here. Wise: Redskins vs. Broncos: Kyle Shanahan got away from the running game, and it was costly 2013-10-28T03:05:00Z Two and a half years after the start of the country’s uprising, Islamists are carving out fiefdoms and showing signs of digging in. Al-Qaeda-linked groups taking root in Syria 2013-10-13T20:50:13Z Most of the country’s 13,500 school districts are “collections of fiefdoms” rather than organizations that can manage changes to technology, labor and curriculum, he said. Education reform advocate John White: We’re in danger of becoming the enemy 2013-10-01T21:24:37Z He ran Yemen like a fiefdom, he neglected people and stole natural resources, but as a Jew my family and I were protected by him. The Last Jews of Yemen 2013-09-30T06:35:27Z But he also made Chongqing his personal fiefdom, silencing potential dissidents and trampling over individual rights. China's Fallen Politician Bo Xilai Gets Life in Prison 2013-09-22T05:05:23Z In big western banks there are whole fiefdoms where one set of guys do debit cards and another set do credit cards. Saudi And Singapore Banks Poised To Leap Over Western Firms 2013-09-04T14:52:00Z “The United States cannot sit back and watch an al Qaeda fiefdom rise up in Iraq,” the Iraqi official said. To Sell or Not to Sell? 2013-08-14T08:45:00Z You have these fiefdoms that keep people from playing together. Omnicom, Publicis to Combine into Biggest Ad Firm 2013-07-29T02:33:42Z Managers vote their resources for innovations that bolster their current fiefdoms and careers. Do Internal Markets Nourish Innovation? The Case Of Sears 2013-07-16T16:12:00Z “There are no more fiefdoms,” he told me over lunch recently. Why Microsoft's Reorganization Is Not About Technology 2013-07-15T13:00:00Z Security officials and oil workers fear Port Harcourt -- once a fiefdom of militants, gangsters and kidnappers targeting the oil industry - will become a key battleground in this power struggle, as it has in the past. Nigeria forces disperse rival youth factions in oil city 2013-07-10T15:52:21Z A mafia clan that ran it as its own fiefdom has been banished and the place is now a regional holiday resort where fountains dance and children play in the boulevard. Georgia's open doors begin to close 2013-07-06T00:33:14Z Each of them ruled a considerable oil fiefdom. Syria's oilfields create surreal battle lines amid chaos and tribal loyalties 2013-06-25T16:17:29Z When the Islamists withdrew, the Tuareg separatists regained control of Kidal, their traditional fiefdom. Mali says reaches deal with Tuareg rebels 2013-06-18T11:33:41Z Internet channels didn’t necessarily share information with the call center or branch personnel, for example, and the technology silos both reflected and entrenched fiefdoms. Banks Use Big Data To Understand Customers Across Channels 2013-06-11T14:17:27Z However it allowed the Tuaregs to regain control of their traditional fiefdom. Mali government, Tuaregs reach ceasefire deal 'in principle' 2013-06-10T23:05:06Z France launched a massive military campaign in January which broke al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters' control over the northern two-thirds of Mali and allowed the Tuaregs to regain control of their traditional fiefdom of Kidal. Mali government starts ceasefire talks with Tuareg rebels 2013-06-08T17:32:27Z Remember the bad old days in the late 1990s where it seemed Microsoft and Netscape almost fractured the web into incompatible corporate fiefdoms where webpages could only be viewed using a particular browser? DRM and HTML5: it's now or never for the Open Web 2013-06-06T15:47:10Z Back then, Shell had a heavily decentralized structure - corporate speak for ungovernable, isolated business fiefdoms - so the communication of problems and solutions broke down. Shell under the skin, 10 years after crisis 2013-05-29T23:31:18Z Certainly he must tut and sigh when he hears Page talk about ignoring laws and creating fiefdoms but, when he was asked about capitalism, he replied: "Of course, Google is a capitalist country …" Laughter. Google's Eric Schmidt believes one company is an island 2013-05-22T19:49:59Z Oil-producer Libya is largely split into fiefdoms of such brigades that are competing for influence. Armed groups bomb Libyan military posts in Benghazi 2013-05-18T15:00:53Z One revelation is likely to be that U.S. and European regulators, seeking to preserve their bureaucratic fiefdoms, are the primary obstacles to reform. No Time for Mercantilist Posturing in Transatlantic Trade Talks 2013-05-16T12:34:39Z In fact, the culprit in today’s cloud projects, organizational silos — those self-contained fiefdoms in which data and systems are designed, built and funded to serve a single purpose or process — still prevail. Cloud Still No Match For Organizational Inertia, Survey Finds 2013-05-15T16:42:30Z His team dumped decision by consensus and removed layers of management, but made sure the old business fiefdoms were still accountable for their results. Shell under the skin, 10 years after crisis 2013-05-29T23:31:18Z Goodyear indicated that NRC's existing divisions, which he called "institutional fiefdoms," will be restructured around specific economic sectors. Canada to Convert NRC Into 'Toolbox' for Industry 2013-05-07T22:55:00Z Krugman sees society only as a multitude of aggregated fiefdoms where he is the emperor’s cherished tailor. The Fiat Emperor Has No Clothes 2013-04-18T14:29:45Z In western Barinas, where Chavez grew up, adversaries slam them as an ersatz royal family that treats the sweltering plains state as their fiefdom. Chavez gone, but family still has clout in Venezuela 2013-04-09T11:08:55Z Twice, he rejected Nigeria's second-highest honor, accusing the leaders who award the prize of trying "to turn my homeland into a bankrupt and lawless fiefdom." Achebe, Famed Nigerian Writer, Dies 2013-03-22T13:04:02Z On the ground, it has devolved into a battlefield warred over by sectarian fiefdoms, guerrilla outfits, extremist militias, criminal gangs and a regime clinging grimly to its dwindling sources of power and legitimacy. The Destruction of Syria: How Two Years of War Hollowed Out a Country 2013-03-15T08:35:22Z The mix of black Africans from Mali and neighboring countries recruited in the MUJWA's fiefdom of Gao pointed to a degree of success. Insight: Islamist inroads in Mali may undo French war on al Qaeda 2013-03-13T06:20:39Z The plan involved cutting costs by reorganizing the company so that its various product lines did not operate as independent fiefdoms. Navistar's Clarke takes wheel after 9 months riding shotgun 2013-03-07T22:13:49Z I’d welcome examples of the good, the bad and the ugly in financial firms’ integration, fiefdoms or persistent silos. Financial Firms Struggle With Compliance -- Reuters 2013-02-27T11:43:50Z Having "40 chief constables running 40 petty fiefdoms" is a ridiculous and outmoded state of affairs, it says. Police plans welcomed by press 2013-01-31T07:08:58Z Be careful what you wish for, leaders of college football fiefdoms. Coaches, look before you leap to NFL 2013-01-05T23:32:00Z Others retreat to their fiefdoms to defend turf that was never truly theirs. 7 Types of Employees to Weed Out 2013-01-02T12:51:56Z Neither Kelly nor Alabama's Nick Saban might have any interest in leaving campus, where they rule fiefdoms. In Emery we must trust 2013-01-02T00:09:00Z A job as a plant manager was like being a duke, with a fiefdom at your feet. How Apple Can Make 'Made In America' Cool Again 2012-12-06T19:00:31Z He depicted Mr. Eichler as a tyrannical boss who ruled Aletheia "with an iron fist" and operated the firm as his "personal fiefdom." DealBook: S.E.C. Weighs Suing Aletheia Manager 2012-11-22T03:19:54Z Everyone in tech knows what happens when fiefdoms develop at a company. The New Corporate Motto: Be Nice 2012-11-15T11:00:41Z He wasn't seen as a team player within Microsoft and was instead known for protecting his fiefdom. Bits Blog: Why Sinofsky Left: A Web Roundup 2012-11-13T16:30:58Z During the course of our interview, Ms Zille brands the ANC "a mortal threat to our constitution… a racial nationalist party" and "a group of warring fiefdoms" that is "busy imploding". Could a white woman ever be elected South Africa's president? 2012-11-13T08:23:31Z He wasn’t seen as a team player within Microsoft and was instead known for protecting his fiefdom. Microsoft Shows Its Windows Chief the Door 2012-11-13T02:11:35Z The dream in reality is doomed to the profligate burocracy of administrators and the fiefdoms of power and greed which are built to benefit those of the new order they build. EU Summit: The kiss of life, or of death? 2012-10-19T15:57:11Z The argument is beyond devolution of power or different statistical fiefdoms. How devolution is killing open government data 2012-10-09T06:30:00Z Think of all the Wall Street wrath about Rupert Murdoch's A/B shareholding that makes News Corp a family fiefdom. Press barons may be for good or ill, but it's the accountants you have to watch 2012-10-06T23:06:09Z Chávez has ordered some corruption arrests, but critics note that his own relatives have turned his home state of Barinas and its government into a family fiefdom. Venezuelan Video Scandal Fizzles: Will Chávez Lose Power? 2012-09-17T13:35:16Z At numerous hearings after the scandal, members of Congress described a free-spending culture that allowed managers outside Washington to build fiefdoms with little oversight from Washington. Tangherlini hoping changes after scandal will ‘bake’ into GSA’s DNA 2012-09-12T16:05:00Z Before you know it, the previously smooth-running business has become a handful of fiefdoms, with each manager defending their own turf and operating with little coordination and much redundancy. Leadership Evolution: How to Manage Managers 2012-09-10T14:53:01Z His ruthlessness is matched by his chief adversary, a drug lord given to skinning those who cross her and throwing them off the 200-storey high rise that is her personal fiefdom. Dredd back, this time with helmet 2012-09-05T00:59:43Z The loose federation, we are told, meant too many national fiefdoms were tolerated and the central function was baffled by complexity. HSBC's apology reads like admission of sleeping management 2012-07-30T17:28:58Z From 1992 to 1996 the country was then split into a series of competing fiefdoms and tens of thousands of civilians were killed. In Afghanistan, US borrows strategy from Iraq 2012-07-10T14:28:00Z In defiance of all forecasts a pocket of clean air kept the skies relatively dry above the place Federer regards as a personal fiefdom. Federer defies back injury to beat Malisse and reach quarters 2012-07-02T19:16:28Z As these men with guns move around and establish new fiefdoms or rackets in the wake of the mutiny - in what the UN report calls a "fluid security landscape" - ordinary people suffer. How DR Congo rebels make their money 2012-06-29T07:41:58Z A centralised ticketing system that bequeaths less power to national fiefdoms may be one option. London 2012 Olympics: Tickets scandal an insult to fans and taxpayers 2012-06-17T19:49:52Z In the past decade, foreign brands have carved up China into five territories, building fiefdoms based on their local partnerships. Exclusive: Nissan plans $785 million north China plant, to challenge VW, Toyota: source 2012-06-14T12:28:40Z There’s no reason that the state should be divided into small fiefdoms, defined by man-made borders and protected by the magic words.” AdVoice: Melrose Place: The Cloud's Silver Lining in Massachusetts 2012-05-30T13:26:28Z Ouattara must also somehow succeed in breaking up rebel fiefdoms that allowed some northern commanders to get rich through the control of diamond mines, regional goods smuggling routes and illegal taxation rackets. Analysis: Post-war Ivory Coast nurtures second "miracle" 2012-05-20T08:29:28Z But it is a group of al-Qaeda fighters in the south, who have driven out government forces and set up "Jihadi emirates" — mini Islamic fiefdoms — who now pose the gravest threat to the country. The Yemeni Front Against al-Qaeda Heats Up 2012-05-18T18:45:00Z He allegedly ran his organization like a “fiefdom,” intimidating employees who dared to question him, holding on to too much autonomy, and still garnering bonuses and positive performance reviews despite questions about his spending. With GSA scandal, blame the matrix? 2012-04-18T14:55:00Z The Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club once ruled southern Brooklyn as its fiefdom. City Room: State Senate Race Spotlights a Feeble Democratic Party 2012-03-23T13:56:10Z But it also harbors hundreds of government fiefdoms that often do not work in concert. Interstate bickering hampers region's growth 2012-03-09T03:52:00Z “Under the flag of democracy, in the 1990s we received not a modern government, but an opaque fight among clans and numerous semifeudal fiefdoms,” he wrote in an opinion article last month. In Russia Vote, Fear of Hardship Fuels Putin Support 2012-03-03T17:59:05Z It is at the edges of these small fiefdoms that the trouble starts. The gun settles disputes in the new Libya 2012-02-18T12:10:09Z Does the low cost of do-it-yourself service squeeze the commercial options out of the market until the last of the ISPs’ hub-and-spoke fiefdoms give way to a single, world-blanketing mesh? The Shadow Web 2012-02-16T14:45:00.247Z It's almost as if, in this challenging era, certain sectors of society are reverting to outdated notions of fiefdoms, pedigree and lineage, in a bid to bolster some pathetic, undernourished self-image. Time for these boy-men to cut the apron strings 2012-02-12T00:07:10Z Every other company thinks you should aspire to have general managers who can do everything and have fiefdoms within the company. Bits Blog: One on One: Adam Lashinsky, Author of 'Inside Apple' 2012-02-09T22:24:09Z Stringer, who can’t speak Japanese, spent years not realizing many of his directives as CEO were being ignored by operating units run as fiefdoms, he said in an interview last year. Sony’s Hirai Vows to Deliver Stringer Vision With Cost Cuts 2012-02-02T23:59:03Z Militias have carved up Tripoli and the rest of Libya into competing fiefdoms, each holding out for the share of power they say they are owed. Rival Libyan militias fight gunbattle in capital 2012-02-01T20:15:05Z “BIDs & not-for-profits are carving up NYC and claiming those areas as their fiefdoms, bankrolled by taxpayer money,” Pete Davies, of the SoHo No BID committee, wrote in an e-mail. Plan for SoHo Business Improvement District Generates Debate 2012-01-30T04:30:36Z Gangs use guns and speedboats to run criminal fiefdoms that profit from kidnapping, robbery and oil theft. U.S. citizen freed a week after kidnapping in Nigeria 2012-01-27T17:55:12Z “In some cases, commanders here form their own fiefdoms, so it is not a matter of what the government is saying,” she said. Groups Denounce Widespread Use of Torture in Libya 2012-01-26T19:34:15Z With all these competing standards and proprietary ecosystems, the Internet inevitably fractures into digital fiefdoms, controlled by players like Apple, Google and Facebook. Have we lost control of the Internet? 2012-01-25T18:24:39Z Gangs use guns and speedboats to run criminal fiefdoms that profit from kidnapping and oil theft. Gunmen kidnap American in Nigeria's delta region 2012-01-20T17:05:11Z He ordered the product groups to work together instead of operating as talent-hoarding fiefdoms. Steve Ballmer Reboots 2012-01-12T15:25:28Z “The chancellor always knew that there are no fiefdoms in the ECB and that there can’t always be a particular country that holds a particular post.” Merkel Can ‘Live Very Well’ With Ex-Aide in ECB Liaison Role 2012-01-04T20:01:39Z The disaster threw a spotlight on skulduggery in the Railways Ministry, a fiefdom of two million workers that owns the railways it regulates, an inherent conflict of interest. Design Flaws Cited in Deadly Train Crash in China 2011-12-28T16:30:29Z “While Bashar is certainly in control and ultimately responsible for all actions by the government, there are fiefdoms of power that react convulsively when their area of authority is activated.” Assad’s Detachment From Syria Killings Reveals Life in Cocoon 2011-12-14T07:23:40Z Before the crisis, county commissioners -- five of whom were convicted of corruption charges -- each presided over different administrative fiefdoms. Bankrupt Jefferson County’s New Manager Says He Has No Regrets 2011-11-16T05:07:12Z “I’m just tired of all these little fiefdoms popping up everywhere, and people hiding in the back office, surrounded by all their henchmen, and doing the wrong things,” Paknis told NBCSports.com. Former Penn St. coach: Sandusky scandal 'made some sense to me' 2011-11-14T14:15:17Z In his interview with Reuters on Thursday, he called Olympus "a fiefdom, a kingdom," and added that "Kikukawa is the emperor." Olympus capitulates to investor pressure, launches M&A probe 2011-10-21T10:02:51Z “Even though Rupert is often criticized for running his company like a fiefdom, there is a custodial role he must play,” he added. Murdochs? Infighting Clouds Future of News Corp. 2011-10-19T02:35:10Z The ministry is indeed a fiefdom, a holdover from the era when the state controlled all. Anger and Suspicion as Survivors Await Chinese Crash Report 2011-09-21T01:20:37Z In addition, politicians often won’t agree to close firms in constituencies they treat as personal fiefdoms, he said. Workers Play Cards at Indian Factories as Asset Sales Flounder 2011-09-05T04:07:54Z The suit, filed by Amalgamated Bank, asserted that Mr. Murdoch ran his company “as his own private fiefdom with little or no effective oversight from the board.” Media Decoder Blog: News Corp. Board Undergoes a Shuffle 2011-09-02T16:01:08Z Anything that might upset the fiefdoms they built up in decades on the job must be thwarted. Steve Jobs Trumps CEO of $5 Trillion Economy: William Pesek 2011-08-26T10:20:02Z The NTC has won wide acceptance, and in many respects has performed admirably, but it remains more a collection of fiefdoms than a coherent governing body. As Gaddafi's reign ends, the work of creating democracy in Libya begins 2011-08-23T11:10:18Z “You see there’s no other hawkers in this spot but me — this is my fiefdom,” he said. A Block Abuzz With the Business of Gold 2011-08-18T03:00:31Z Gee wrote then that “athletic departments exist as separate, almost semiautonomous fiefdoms.” At Ohio State, Football Scandal Rattles a Reformer 2011-08-13T15:52:37Z As recently as a decade ago, Levi’s operated independently in each country, resulting in regional fiefdoms that left it unable to adapt quickly to new trends. Global Branding? Levi’s Aims to ‘Just Do It’ 2011-08-09T13:02:16Z A less centralized solution is short of what Americans originally wanted for Afghanistan, given the risks of a return to fiefdoms and the reign of warlords. To Exit Afghanistan, We Should Say We’ll Stay: Meghan O’Sullivan 2011-08-03T00:22:01Z Youth quarterback coaching also happens to be an avocation Clarkson more or less created and then transformed into a miniature fiefdom. Youth Quarterback Camps Find a Profitable Seam 2011-07-28T20:30:23Z Power on the British turf is concentrated in a very small number of stables, with No1 jockeys who protect their fiefdoms jealously. Hayley Turner hopes historic win on Dream Ahead will be a breakthrough 2011-07-10T20:04:09Z Mr. Gegare asserts that Mr. Hoffa runs the Teamsters “like a family fiefdom.” In the Teamsters, a Candidate Tries to Break the Mold 2011-06-28T00:12:21Z Until recently, the precocious founders of Summit Series ran their exclusive conference fiefdom out of the Fantasy Factory, a 12-bedroom Miami mansion with a private chef, a pool, water views, and a trampoline. Sun Valley for the Zynga Generation 2011-06-23T21:00:00Z Then as boss of Nestle Europe, he led a modernisation programme, sweeping away local fiefdoms and making regional decisions that delivered economies of scale. SPECIAL REPORT-Can "the swordfish" survive Carrefour? 2011-06-20T08:56:12Z I'm not French, and I don't see why one of the global economy's most important institutions should be a French fiefdom. Why I Should Run the International Monetary Fund 2011-06-17T06:45:00Z Northern Myanmar is one of the most unstable parts of Southeast Asia, with rebel armies controlling pieces of territory like medieval fiefdoms. Myanmar Government Troops Battle Rebels Near China Border 2011-06-15T10:23:41Z We build these coaches up, fortify their fiefdoms, and then insult them when they get drunk with power and abuse it. It's time to pay (some) college athletes 2011-05-31T23:50:00Z Are we winning the fight for democracy in Afghanistan, or is that country just a loose federation of fiefdoms, often still run by warlords? Father questions UK's Afghan role 2011-05-30T06:08:34Z Clearly, Arnold and DSK have been more concerned about what their fiefdoms can do for them than what they can do for their fiefdoms. Sex Scandals Distract While Twitter Pulls A Fast One 2011-05-23T14:22:31Z |
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