To remain in power, autocrats need to nobble independent institutions.
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Poland's ruling party has tried to nobble the courts and the civil service.
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" There was another friend of mine, who'd been in the army with me, who said, "Shall I nobble him?
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In other words, Mr Corbyn's operation has decided it needs to ditch the flowery stuff and nobble its enemies.
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Rather than fighting back with better service, many American carriers would prefer the administration simply nobble superior international rivals through regulation.
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After all, Trump's previous attempts to nobble him -- over his son Hunter's business ventures in Ukraine -- led to the President's impeachment.
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So does the fact that the president plainly fears him—or else why did he try to nobble him in Ukraine?
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Several who have been subject to the office's enquiries were involved in the effort, at a closed-door meeting of Republican congressmen, to nobble it.
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Several who have been subject to the office's inquiries were involved in the effort, at a closed-door meeting of Republican congressmen, to nobble it.
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Despite the veto, the European Commission issued a formal warning, giving Poland one month to address concerns over the government's efforts to nobble the judiciary.
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On a bigger scale, the same factors—geography, security and commerce—would nobble any bid by Mr Trump to conscript Russia as a bulwark against China.
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Last month it announced plans to nobble a century-old law protecting wild birds; it was passed a few months before the death of Roosevelt, a keen ornithologist.
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He demonstrated on several occasions his formidable debating skills; for example when spinning a mendacious explanation for why his campaign team had sought to nobble Ben Carson in Iowa.
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Before the vote, the Kabila regime used all its powers to nobble the opposition, barring popular candidates, banning rallies, firing on crowds and using state resources to promote the hapless Mr Shadary.
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If Mrs Clinton is indicted, it is assumed she would quit the contest (leaving Democratic leaders to try to block Mr Sanders much as their Republican counterparts are trying to nobble Mr Trump).
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That raises the prospect of America's first truly contested party convention in six decades, in Cleveland in July—and, if Wisconsin is a guide, of much intrigue, with the Republican top brass already lining up to nobble Mr Trump.
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"There is an element in the authorities that rather than encouraging and supporting it, they want to do everything they can to nobble it, and conquer it, and make it harder and harder for anyone to be able to afford to be involved," he said.
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Nagle continued on as sole commissioner. The Liberal Opposition accused Wran of trying to nobble the inquiry; prisoners' advocates saw it as cost-cutting.
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Person of high social standing.CED 1991, p. 1059. 2\. Head. ; nobble : Disable (particularly a racehorse). ; nod out : To lapse into a drug induced stupour.
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Two brothers love the same girl, but she loves the younger brother. He falls in with some gamblers and to pay them back arranges to nobble his father's race horse. The younger brother falls in love with a bar maid, who overhears a plot to rob him – she is caught but escapes and warns her love. The younger brother fights the robbers and is wounded but recovers to marry the barmaid.
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One panellist gives a piece of good news, another gives a corresponding piece of bad news, then the next gives good news and so on. For example: "Good news, the Russians are putting a Briton into space", "Bad news, it's not Jeffrey Archer", "The good news is that it is Robert Maxwell", "Bad news, he's going to nobble the Sky satellite", "Good news, he'll succeed". Each cycle continues until the host presses a buzzer or makes a different sound.
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A BBC source stated: > "Nearly all the defence witnesses have had a quiet word in their ears. Only > two or three people connected with Tory politics who would have given vital > evidence for us now stick to their testimony. Some previously expressed > disgust at incidents they had witnessed. Now they claim to have witnessed > nothing."John Merritt, "Tories Nobble BBC Claim", The Daily Mirror, 20 > October 1986 > Anne Spackman, "New evidence emerges in BBC Libel Case", The Independent, 25 > October 1986.
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Day began his career as a jockey when in his mid-teens, but had limited success at a time when his uncle Sam was the Day family's favoured jockey. When still in his early twenties, Day was involved in a scandal surrounding a horse named Old England, trained by his father and owned by John Gully. Old England was fancied for the 1845 Epsom Derby, but Day wagered heavily against the colt and was involved in a plot to "nobble" (deliberately injure) it at the Danebury stable. Gully discovered the scheme and reported the matter to the Jockey Club.
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Both William and John Jr. were strongly suspected of involvement in a series of plots to "nobble" the other leading fancy Wild Dayrell, who nevertheless won the race, with Kingstown second and Lord of the Isles third. Merry removed all his horses from Day's stable, but the Jockey Club on this occasion took no action. In his memoirs, Day denied any wrongdoing, insisting that Lord of the Isles had never been regarded as a Derby horse and only ran at the insistence of the owner. He explained the horses lack of condition to his contracting a respiratory condition shortly before the race.
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In early 1843 an impressive performance in a training gallop with a good horse name All Fours convinced Bowes and John Scott that Cotherstone was a serious contender for the Derby. Bill Scott, who rode the colt in the trial was convinced that he was the best that he had ever ridden. Bowes placed a series of large bets on the colt and arranged for strict security measures at the Malton stables to protect him from any attempts by unscrupulous bookmakers to "nobble" (deliberately injure) him. Cotherstone made his first public appearance as a three-year-old at the Craven meeting at Newmarket on 17 April when ran in the Riddlesworth Stakes.
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On Karn, Zarodnix tells Morbius that the Transduction Barriers have been shut down. Morbius calmly orders the Trell to open fire and says that when the Times Lords have been destroyed, there’ll be plenty more work for them to do… The Doctor and Lucie race into the TARDIS, but Lucie is worried that when the Eye of Harmony shuts down they’ll be trapped in the ship without any power. The Doctor assures her they’ll have a certain amount of reserve power and if they can latch on to one surviving nano-second of temporal energy they’ll be able to complete their mission. As they dematerialise, Lucie insists they go back to before all this started and nobble Zarodnix.
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Meanwhile, Connie and Parsloe-Parsloe, unaware of these developments, task Percy Pilbeam with obtaining Galahad's manuscript, used to ensure Sue and Ronnie's marriage is permitted. Lord Tilbury, also wanting the book, visits the castle and is rebuffed. Leaving, he calls on the Empress, but is locked in a shed by Pirbright the pig-man, instructed by a suspicious Lord Emsworth to guard the pig closely. He is released by Monty Bodkin, who he persuades to steal the book by offering him a year's guaranteed employment—he is worried about his tenure at the castle, as Lord Emsworth suspects him, being the nephew of his rival Parsloe-Parsloe, of scheming to nobble his pig, the Empress.
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Fritton is told by the bookkeeper that they have £400 in the bank and are £4000 in debt. When Fatima, accompanied by four girls, asks for the £100 that Fritton is holding for her, the girls explain that they want to place a bet on Arab Boy, who is a sure winner at 10-1 odds; Fritton doesn't give Fatima the money, but does get an idea. She summons Harry, who tells her that he places bets for the girls, and asks him to bet the school's remaining £400 on Arab Boy in order to win the £4000 needed to cover the school's debt. Arabella tells her father the disastrous news of Arab Boy's strength and suggests they "nobble" the horse, but Clarence rejects that idea.
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