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While he waved his hand and muttered that he had done nothing at all, he was obeying her behest by trying to get into a chair.

The provision was inserted into the rescue legislation last week, at the behest of the FDIC, according to people familiar with the matter.

Consumer advocates charge that the GOP is trying to weaken the agency's powers at the behest of the financial-services lobby.

An intermediary buying American bonds in London at the behest of the Bank of China would not show up in Washington's tallies.

She alleges she was driven to a doctor's office and an abortion was arranged for her at the behest of Casablanca.

Although there was no official announcement, many believe this was at the behest of the security forces.

But a report a few months ago indicated that Google may have decided not to include multi-touch support in Android at the behest of Apple.

Both banks focus mostly on retail banking, and avoided investments in toxic off-balance-sheet exposures at the behest of the Bank of Spain.

When Baida was 17 her mother died, and a few months later, at her father's behest, Baida married.

There was a plastic pointer that was supposed to move across the board at the behest of the spirits.

I say it was all done at the behest of America; he is a stooge of the United States.

At the behest of the FBI, Mr. Browne continued to meet with Mr. Yakovlev.

If Mr Huang is prosecuted, the authorities will need to prove he abused his status and is not being pursued at the behest of his enemies.

Only recently, at the behest of distant authorities in Washington, DC, has this sense of propinquity seemed to weaken.

"The denuclearisation of the peninsula was the behest of President Kim Il-sung, " it quoted Kim as saying about his father.

run illegally at the behest of local governments, but to which the central government usually turns a blind eye.

When a multinational places an order at the behest of a buyer the workers are set quotas to meet the order.

By bringing in the International Monetary Fund, at Germany's behest, it has obtained some additional resources and a better programme.

At the behest of the president, NASA has been undergoing an independent review of its human-spaceflight plans.

Eurozone states, at the behest of Germany and the IMF, demanded steep spending cuts from Greece as the price of its bailout.

Yet in at least two ways, apparently at Mr Zardari's behest, the government has sacrificed fiscal responsibility for political advantage.

The need for Linux talent is so acute we created a Linux training program, at the behest of our Technical Advisory Board.

Google has, however, removed the 38 requested links at the behest of BPI, but many other file sharing site links remain among the results.

The tapestry, a tribute to the union of church, state and party, was woven by a church congregation at the behest of their priest.

But most of its conflicts have been wars of choice, usually fought at the behest of Britain or America.

Even if you are reading them at the behest of someone else, you are motivated by your desire to please that person.

General Motors has confirmed that CEO Rick Wagoner will resign at the behest of President Barack Obama and his auto industry task force.

But it wasn't. It was drafted by U. S. Treasury lawyers at the behest of the Secretary of the Treasury.

But some people close to him say key appointments are made and unmade at her behest.

Unidentified men working at the behest of local police officials threatened and roughed up journalists and activists who tried visiting him.

At the behest of the bishop, the bullet was later set in the crown of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima.

Omitted at China's behest were foreign-exchange reserves, a sign of the international disparities in spending and saving.

Many emerging economies, often at the IMF's behest, have limited their fiscal flexibility by introducing clear budget rules.

Foxconn sued them personally for libel and secured a court order freezing their assets , backing off only at the behest of Apple and HP .

Both have proved willing to conduct massive fiscal operations at the behest of treasury ministers.

NATO is in the country under a UN mandate, operating in defence and at the behest of an elected government.

More often than not, a new editor means a new editorial vision, usually at the behest of the boss.

Acting at the behest of the member states, the central bank has sufficient powers of persuasion.

Courts can delay projects for years at the behest of angry environmentalists or disappointed bidders.

Investigations are opened at the behest of domestic producers seeking relief from cheap imports.

The period during which rewards can be claimed upon completion of a behest has been reduced from 10 minutes to 5 minutes.

Several countries in the region have cut or restricted flights to and from Mexico and the EU could follow suit at the behest of France.

There, in 1244, a French army assembled at the behest of the Roman Catholic Church besieged several hundred Cathars.

In state-controlled companies, senior managers are rotated at the behest of government.

Nearly 2. 4m people are reported to have fled an army offensive against Taliban militants, launched early this month at America's behest.

In the past, the event was run on the behest of a local Chinatown business group, Mr. Malkin said.

The banks are run by bureaucrats who are all party members and serve at the behest of the regulators.

Yet when the policymakers do try to support business, it is mostly at the behest of noisy union bosses.

The seas are rough, and the wooden boat rocks violently at the behest of the waves.

Master, he will accompany you to the west at Guanyin's behest.

His job: mapping out legal titles to mineral rights at the behest of oil companies.

I called the office at the behest of my secretary.

Illness and disease are opposites of health and well-ness, and are made manifest in your reality at your behest.

But his arrest at the behest of Serbia will damage its relations with Bosnia.

Eriksson, County Governor since 2004, has been reviewing the existing laws for the past two years, on the behest of the government.

According to press materials, this new material was crow barred in at the behest of Mr Wang, the director.

A recent "tree census" in New York City, conducted at the behest of Mr Bloomberg, values the city's nearly 600, 000 trees at $122m.

The number of behest enemies has been adjusted.

At C'baoth's behest, the two families joined in marriage, ending the dispute.

The leading gurus fly anywhere at the behest of the highest bidder.

It is unclear whether these were conducted by or at the behest of the Chinese military.

"The banking system has been on steroids at the behest of the government, " he says.

China's prodigious investment this year is largely at the government's behest.

They arrested him at the King's behest.

In the last oil boom, new industrial cities such as Yanbu and Jubail arose at the government's behest.

"Is it acting on the behest of the Chinese government? If the answer is mumbling, the Americans will assume the worst. "

She doesn't answer that one, but Iraq, Klein concedes, was not invaded solely at the behest of companies like Halliburton.

At the behest of the securities regulator, Citic Securities put 51% of China Asset Management on the market last year.

Is it acting on the behest of the Chinese government?

At the government's behest, banks have increased their lending by nearly $1. 4 trillion, or 32%, during that time.

I had received no thanks for my other service; and being unwilling to run out to and fro at his behest, I replied

Volkswagen designed the Beetle at Hitler's behest and churned them out using slave labor;

run illegally at the behest of local governments