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The Christian Church ruled that she was out of her mind. On this date in 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to the stake.

"ICBC is all but guaranteed to acquire the stake, " said Peter Alexander, of Z-Ben Advisors, a Shanghai-based consultancy.

I had my stick with me, so I gave it a tap to send it round, and, unfortunately, it fell off the stake on to the grass.

You know, it inspires us. 300 years ago he'd have been burnt at the stake for that.

If the company's value does not rise above what Elevation paid in 2006, Forbes could buy back the stake and stick Elevation with a loss.

We must also be prepared to walk away from situations that violate our basic principles and core value, no matter how high the stake is.

A hundred years earlier and she would have been burned at the stake for her visions.

Temasek declined to give details beyond saying it had received "several indications of interest" in the stake.

Marathon had tried to sell the stake for up to $2bn, sources close to the deal said at the time.

A year after Joan was burned at the stake, Rais retired from military service and returned to his family's castle, at Machecoul.

Mr Wang said the stake in the lender would give China Mobile a bigger share of eventual profits from lucrative mobile payments.

BP has ruled out issuing new shares, so the stake purchase would not give the company fresh capital.

"It's fun, " as one chili pepper expert wrote, "sorta like a night out to watch someone being burned at the stake. "

Before the French Revolution, criminals sentenced to death were burnt at the stake , hanged , or decapitated with a stroke of a sword.

I would be off the throne and you would be burnt at the stake if I condoned it.

Third, the character of controlling shareholder has no impact of diversification while the stake of controlling shareholder has.

The stake of this battle were nothing less than control of the most of the western transcontinental railroads.

When she was led to the stake, she laid the shirts on her arm.

Based on yesterday's share price, the value of CDB's investment in Barclays has roughly halved from when it bought the stake a year ago.

The stake is being offered by the founding family of the mid-sized lender, say people close to the sale.

The stake sale will leave Goldman with a 4 per cent holding in ICBC, which it will retain until at least April 2010.

The timing may have been fortunate, as such beliefs were then held to be heretical and could lead to burning at the stake.

The wickedness of the problem reflects the diversity among the stake holders in the problem.

In later versions of burning at the stake, the criminal would be hanged until dead and then burnt symbolically.

The stake is understood to have cost less than A$50m although precise terms were not disclosed.

Yahoo paid Alibaba Group $1 billion and gave it control of the U. S. company's Chinese website in exchange for the stake in 2005.

The stake includes primary and secondary telescoping shafts and a foot adjustably secured to the primary shaft.

With the developing of economy, the evident trend of the corporation governance is the stake-holders governance.

A century after Copernicus, the mathematician Bruno was burned at the stake--largely for supporting Copernicus.

They have made progress on the issue, making it easier for Morgan Stanley to sell the stake and giving more certainty to potential buyers.

Not only are they certain that it's the best language in the world, but they're willing to burn those who disagree at the stake.

Yet year after year leaders strap themselves to the stake and wait for the Olympic torch to light the pyre beneath them.

In some forms of impalement, the stake would be inserted so as to avoid immediate death, and would function as a plug to prevent blood loss.

Its bondholders eventually took over the stake in GE SeaCo through a new company.

Christian martyr. A student of the Apostle John, he was burned at the stake during a period of persecution of Christians in Smyrna.

By reducing the stake that banks have in their own long-term survival it may make bank failures more likely.

But it is unclear whether the Chinese regulator will approve the transfer of the stake to another foreign investor.

UBS, the investment bank hired by PCCW to advise on the sale of the stake, yesterday declined to comment.

The Jesuits were quite balked by those Indians who, being burned at the stake, suggested new modes of torture to their tormentors.

As a punishment, the wicked mother-in-law was tied to the stake and burned to ashes.

During the Middle Ages a person could be accused of heterodoxy and burned at the stake.

Alibaba has tried to buy back the stake and repeatedly has butted heads with her.

Then Mandarin ordered burn at the stake, but came second Liu and ordered fire release brother.

But the original offers of more than $1bn for the stake have fallen to around $600m, according to a person close to the situation.

The stake was large, and Harkness was a daring speculator.

Their statement says the stake is "strategic" and underlines their confidence in the sector.

Again, the bigger the stake of shareholders, the less one would worry if the rewards of managers were aligned with them.

VW holds a 29. 9 percent stake in MAN and would be forced to make a mandatory takeover bid if the stake rose to 30 percent.

When they burned the martyrs, the smoke which blew from the stake sickened men of popery more than anything else.

The stake may be worth 279 million euros, the newspaper said, without saying where it got the information.

The special meeting of PCRD investors will be called this year to endorse the sale of the stake.

In Macedonia, they forego the stake and just drive a nail through the vampire's navel.

The robber put a burning candle under the rope near the stake.

It means the US Treasury can begin selling part of the stake it took after a $50bn bailout of the carmaker.

Selling the stake is among the options.

Most "witches" were hanged, rather than the burning at the stake of popular imagination.

The stake is now held as collateral by state bank VEB.

They were denounced as heretics and burned at the stake.

Global private equity groups have also studied a possible bid for the stake.

Jacques de Molay, grand master of the Templars, was burned at the stake in 1314 along with his aides.

CDB had meanwhile not fared well with the stake it took in Barclays of the UK.

The situation that caused the doubt arose when the competitors ball lay in the water hazard and the stake interfered with his swing.

GE agreed to pay around $100m for the stake two years ago.

The stake, worth $2. 22 billion on June 30, was his biggest purchase during the quarter and represented his second-largest position.

The stake in Barclays Bank announced yesterday is a masterstroke.

After consecrating himself, he drove the stake into the ground just where he had knelt.

Other recent discoveries nearby could boost the stake's value even further.

The stake of series jewelry just pure silver, there is no excessive.

In that process, Mary had almost 300 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian Persecutions.

The stake was a large one: three gold; pieces and much silver.

The stake in the two AIG units, both of which have large Asian operations, is a further step in that direction.

Giovanna has been captured by the English army and is awaiting her death at the stake.

AIG has a special option to increase the size of the stake it is selling from about 49 per cent to about 59 per cent, depending on demand.

Analysts estimate the stake could be valued at more than $10 billion.

I hold few strong views but I would go to the stake for the campaign against child pornography.

News of the stake sale by Shaw Brothers, which is TVB's biggest shareholder, emerged two weeks ago.

The Wall Street firm is hoping potential buyers could offer more for the stake than previous bids made in early 2008.

Kazakh authorities sought about $380 million at the May 28 sale of the stake, but found no buyers.

Please pound a stake into the ground and make a pile around the stake.

He rammed the stake through the rotting wood.

Porsche is currently Volkswagen's large share holder with the stake of 51%.

How long that situation prevails or who might ultimately take over the stake are unknowns.

How to use the stake taking of foreign banks and build the core competition power for Chinese banks are analyzed.

Even then, Alibaba could find itself competing for the stake with Softbank, the Japanese company that is also a substantial shareholder.

The Dutch group has been seeking to dispose of the stake.

But the stake is mostly the whole country's money, and money is short.

One hundred and twenty burned at the stake.

Deals such as the stake in Morgan Stanley, structured via convertible bonds, tick other boxes.

Merrill sold the stake to Temasek for $48 per share, almost $5 a share lower than the stock's trading price on Monday.

Father drove the stake into the ground to build a fence.

Some legends say he was burned at the stake.

He makes his next stroke, avoiding the stake.

With CCB shares closing at HK$6. 65 in Tuesday trading, Bank of America is getting the stake at a 64 percent discount.

Yahoo sold the stake to realise profits made since Alibaba's 2007 listing.

The U. S. bank has been free to sell the stake, which is worth around $6. 4 billion, since Wednesday.

The stake sale isn't expected to have a big impact on Lenovo Group Ltd. , which Legend founded.

Nothing is left outside at the stake?

Rick Santorum is the favorite 20 delegates at the stake.

Dean Corso: 300 years ago, that would get you burned at the stake.

The danger is that as the stake held by insiders falls, they have an incentive to rip off other shareholders by siphoning off money.

That truth was not worth the stake.

He promised to burn me at the stake as soon as his braves returned from the warpath.

At Monday's share price of $41. 98, the stake would be valued at $69. 7bn, giving the government a paper profit on its investment.

"The stake is dead ahead, " Gil said.

I think I'm right on this issue but I wouldn't go to the stake over it.

Because she saved his life again, taking the stake off!

If i have the second chance, i will choose the same way. I am greedy. In this match , i lost everything, including the stake.

The English regent John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford had her burnt at the stake in Rouen.

The stake has tripled in value.

On June 19th Russia's bailiffs ordered the auction of the stake to raise the $1. 7 billion.

The stake was worth about $19bn last week.

( in craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake .

The stake will cost $1. 9 billion in cash, implying that the firm is worth $2. 75 billion.

GM also wants the future right to buy back some or all of the stake.

Based on last week's market close, the stake in Shanghai Jahwa United is worth Rmb6. 4bn.

Why didn't the stake kill you?

GMR bought the stake for $1. 1 billion in October 2008.

EXAMPLE: The death of Mr Khoo, 87, in February sparked market talk that his family might dispose of the stake, valued at US$2. 8bn.

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However, it sold the stake for $2. 4bn last year to bolster its balance sheet, triggering a disbanding of the ventures.

The Hong Kong tycoon reportedly began to consider selling the stake in April and hired HSBC Holdings to advise on the sale.

It bought the stake for about $1. 5bn in 2007 and is looking for a deal that it expects will value the company at $2. 2bn

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