Beyond espionage, any public figure who combines grandiose ambition, perceived malign purpose and memorable idiosyncrasy will eventually be likened to a "Bond villain".
The Guardian (Sep 28, 2012)
Schoenberg died in 1951, 17 years after having immigrated to the United States, and his study at home in Brentwood, Calif., remained intact.
New York Times (Oct 10, 2012)
Both have a headlong exuberance, are filled with caustic satire and ultimately show impetuous romance giving way to hard-headed realism.
The Guardian (Nov 22, 2012)
manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
His wife turned a cut-rate apartment in affluent Cambridge into an improvised salon, offering facials at attractive prices.
Washington Post (Jul 17, 2013)
Since the crisis began, Ireland changed regulations to increase the incentives for domestic pension funds to buy Irish government bonds.
Wall Street Journal (Jul 11, 2013)
The nascent republic — made up mostly of indigenous Malays, and Chinese, Indian and Tamil immigrants — was not unified by language, history or religion.
Nature (May 15, 2013)
Analysis of teeth found at archaeological sites, therefore, could help researchers infer demographic information about ancient populations.
Scientific American (May 22, 2013)
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
While some back-channel communications continued on Monday, each side sought to publicly portray the other as intransigent.
New York Times (Mar 28, 2011)
In recent years, courts have invalidated mayoral elections in Illinois and Indiana because of fraudulent absentee ballots.
New York Times (Oct 7, 2012)