The generals have long pulled the strings of Pakistani politics.
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But Bentancur pulled the strings from midfield by showing intuitive positioning, well-timed tackling, and expert passing.
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Murdoch pulled the strings to line up Trump's two interviews with Newton Dunn over the last 18 months.
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It's not hard to imagine the excitement Trump and Giuliani could have felt as they pulled the strings.
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Midfielder Luka Modric pulled the strings while captain Darijo Srna bagged three assists with darting runs down the right flank.
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Critics of Ms Yingluck claim that he pulled the strings from self-imposed exile during his sister's time in power.
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Frank Rijkaard pulled the strings behind them, the third member of the magnificent Dutch trio arriving after the 285 Scudetto.
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Financier Vincent Bolloré has unexpectedly quit a shareholder pact that has pulled the strings at Mediobanca – and through it at Italy Inc.
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If you have ever wondered who pulled the strings of the John F. Kennedy assassination, La MaMa has a show for you.
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Moi pulled the strings of Kenya's tribal politics throughout his time in power, despite having an uncharismatic presence often underestimated by less canny opponents.
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Mistry considered the airlines to be proof that he had his hands tied as chairman, illustrating just how Tata still pulled the strings even after retiring.
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Only one piece of evidence proved that the Russian foreign intelligence service, the FSB, pulled the strings: The alleged hitman was provided with a 85033-year-old internal passport photo of Babchenko.
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After the post-war Bretton Woods currency system collapsed, central banks failed to tame racing inflation because politicians, who pulled the strings, were reluctant to bear the short-term cost of higher unemployment.
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Dzsudzsak pulled the strings as Hungary, seemingly bound to end up as another victim of Iceland's simple but effective long-ball strategy, reaped the rewards for their crisp passing against a rugged defense.
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It was a sign the gloves were off in the so-called salotto buono, or drawing room, the informal club that has pulled the strings in Italian business and banking since World War Two.
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They ran their puppet show here and pulled the strings of society as they liked, subtly controlling the daily aspects of civilian life—initially through methods of propaganda and then through blatant threats and terrible laws.
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Erica Olsen and Kalea Woods are suing Rick Singer -- the man who pulled the strings in the biggest admissions bribery case ever -- along with USC, Stanford, UCLA, University of San Diego, Texas, Wake Forest, Yale and Georgetown.
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They are incensed by the idea that Ms Choi—who was privy to presidential files on ministerial appointments and state visits even though she held no official position—might have pulled the strings of Ms Park's administration for her personal profit.
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The hour-long process reminds me of a slower version of that magical strapless, backless bra Amber Rose has been advertising on Instagram: It's as if he just threaded it all, and pulled the strings tight so that the whole vagina is miraculously lifted an inch higher.
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14 June 2012 Levi Eshkol,Michael Bar-Zohar. He pulled the strings. Haaretz. 2007 Yitzhak RabinProf. Yehiam Weitz.
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All three wild cards joined Julia's Team North alliance. Because of his strong relationship with the three wild cards, spiritual man Kristove took over leadership of Julia's alliance and pulled the strings. Their alliance was in a comfortable majority. Every single player joined either alliance, a rare occurrence in Swedish Survivor.
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The new Prime Minister was Thanom Kittikachorn, whose son married Praphas' daughter. From 1963 to 1973, he was additionally deputy prime minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army. During this time, Praphas was the strong man in the background who pulled the strings in the Thanom government. He was known for obscure financial transactions and political intrigues, while sitting on the boards of 44 companies.
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Siciliano, Enzo. 2014, 149 The Fountain of the Turtles, next to Pasolini's temporary dwelling (1950) The next month, when questioned, Pasolini would not deny the facts, but talked of a "literary and erotic drive" and cited André Gide, the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature laureate. Cordovado informed his superiors and the regional press stepped in. According to Pasolini, the Christian Democrats instigated the entire affair to smear his name ("the Christian Democrats pulled the strings").
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Bentley later said that this was the event that turned her against Communism in the United States. "I discovered then that Earl Browder was just a puppet, that somebody pulled the strings in Moscow," she would say.Grand jury testimony in United States of America vs. Alger Hiss, quoted in Her biographers suggest that Bentley's objections, rather than being ideological, were related more to a lifelong dislike of being given orders and a sense that the reassignments of her contacts left her with no meaningful role.
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12 May 2015.Putin's aide Surkov pulled the strings as snipers shot at Maidan protesters – Ukraine's SBU. belsat.eu. 20 February 2015. According to SBU director Nalyvaichenko, they have identified some of the shooters and "as part of this case we have job titles, last names, copies of passports, dates of their entry and departure, their telephone providers and places of accommodation, [we know] how president Putin's adviser Surkov was coordinating their actions in Kyiv," This accusation was dismissed by the Russian government as "absurd".
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The A.I. then took over world communications and began influencing global developments, spreading false information or appointing certain politicians. The A.I. essentially pulled the strings that led to the formation of a World Government and, after the war with the Horde started, the formation of Morituri. The A.I. was controlling powerful politician Lamont, until he began being influenced by a mysterious outside source. Wishing to investigate, the A.I. entered the comatose Scatterbrain's mind through a bio-chip implant in his brain and copied his powers and personality.
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As a result of this victory an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi- final against Mayo beckoned. Donegal overcame the men from Mayo to set up a 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final meeting with raging-hot favourites Dublin. Donegal's greatest footballing accomplishment yet was realised on 20 September 1992 when they defeated the highly fancied Dublin by a scoreline of 0–18 to 0–14 to take the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time. Brian McEniff, serving in his second spell as Donegal manager, pulled the strings.
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Michael's life takes a further turn for the worse when Tyler Grey kills his younger brother, Nate, as well as Anson. As such, Michael, Madeline, Sam, Fiona, and Jesse are all hell-bent on exacting revenge for Nate's murder. Eventually, Michael, with his former mentor Tom Card helping him, tracks Nate's killer, Tyler Grey, to Panama. After Michael successfully captures him, Grey reveals Card was the one who pulled the strings behind Anson's death, since Card had been working with Anson and Card decided to kill Anson to keep him from talking.
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The WRA allowed Japanese Americans to establish a form of self-governance, with elected inmate leaders working under administration supervisors to help run the camps. This allowed inmates to keep busy and have some say in their day- to-day life, however, it also served the WRA mission of "Americanizing" the inmates so that they could be assimilated into white communities after the war. The "enemy alien" Issei were excluded from running for office, and inmates and community analysts argued that the WRA pulled the strings on important issues, leaving only the most basic and inconsequential decisions to Nisei leaders.
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The known lawyer Patrik Hansson is found brutally murdered in his home. The murder looks initially quite simple- the lawyer has been involved in a case where a company has been indicted for lying behind a serious environmental crime . When Beck and his colleague Klingström go through the lawyer's office they find evidence that gives new light to the investigation - but who is it who pulled the strings, and why? To find the solution they have to dig further into the lawyer's past and find a picture that is even more complicated than they initially thought.
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She encouraged David Attenborough to join BBC Television in 1952, appointed staff and commissioned ground-breaking programmes – such as Zoo Quest; The Quiz Programme; Animal, Vegetable, Mineral; Your Life in Their Hands and A Matter of Life and Death (early medical programmes), as well as programmes for children – Muffin the Mule (with Anne Hogarth, who pulled the strings), Andy Pandy, and Bill and Ben The Flowerpot Men (with Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird). After retiring from BBC in 1958 she became a senior figure in the Consumers' Association, which produced the first comparative tests of consumer products, including contraceptives.
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The Waikikis were a Belgian studio band, mostly known for their single "Hawaii Tattoo", released in the U.S. in 1964, on Kapp Records. "Hawaii Tattoo" was recorded in 1961 in Belgium and spent two months in the Belgian chart. It was a huge hit in Germany, spending 21 weeks in the Top Ten and also reached the Top Fifty in the U.S., Canada and the UK. The album Hawaii Tattoo reached the number 93 spot in the Billboard Hot 200 in 1965. Behind the scenes, record producer Horst Fuchs promoted the band’s career and pulled the strings.
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Prince Ypsilantis had previously escaped to the Russian camp, and was briefly considered by his allies as ruler over both principalities (just before Russian occupation took over); the French Consul to Moldavia, Charles- Frédéric Reinhard, reportedly not informed of Sébastiani's contacts with Selim, was arrested by the Russian troops. As a major consequence of this chain of events, France pulled the strings of Ottoman foreign policy. Philippe Joseph Tassaert, ca. 1800 During the parallel Anglo-Turkish War in 1807, Sébastiani helped the Ottomans in the successful defense of Constantinople against the British squadron of Admiral Duckworth.
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Israel unsuccessfully pressured New Zealand to withdraw its support, with Netanyahu telling Foreign Minister Murray McCully that support for the proposal would be considered by Israel as a "declaration of war".Barak Ravid, Britain Pulled the Strings and Netanyahu Warned New Zealand It Was Declaring War: New Details on Israel's Battle Against the UN Vote, Haaretz, 28 December 2016 Britain encouraged New Zealand to keep pushing for a vote. Following a telephone conversation between Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin, the Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin requested that the vote be postponed until after Christmas. His proposal failed to gain any support.
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During his 5 years time in office as Rabbi of the community in Frankfurt, Rabbi Ahron Daum had been the sole acting Rabbi. He fulfilled the full scope of tasks for the community in Frankfurt, which at that time counted approximately 6000-7000 people. He pulled the strings for all services on Shabbat and festivals, including sermons dealing with contemporary issues. Besides giving regular Torah lessons on Shabbat and weekdays to the members of the community, he regularly visited the four existing synagogues and additionally paid regular visits to the two existing Jewish old-age homes on the occasion of the High Holidays, Chanukkah and Pesach.
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He signed a new two-year contract in the summer. He said that the good team spirit at the club was a major factor in him signing the contract. He remained a key first team player in the first half of the 2014–15 season, being named on the Football League team of the week after he "pulled the strings" in a 4–1 win over Yeovil Town at Vale Park. However he was sent off for violent conduct after thrusting his head towards Dele Alli in a 1–0 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons at Stadium mk on 22 November; manager Rob Page stated that Lines should have known better.
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The door to the first team remained open though, after Burge had an encouraging and injury-free pre-season. He came off the bench on 14 August 2012 – his first competitive game for twelve months – and "pulled the strings to help Vale control the second half" in a League Cup defeat to Championship side Burnley. He made his long-awaited league debut at Vale Park four days later, replacing Chris Shuker 79 minutes into a 3–0 win over Barnet. Despite some impressive cameo appearances from the bench, a streak of wins kept Burge out of the first eleven until 29 September 2012, when he made his first league start for the club at Valley Parade, in a 1–0 win over Bradford City.
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In August 1985, Zambian coach Brightwell Banda, looking for some much needed creativity in midfield recalled Chola who was by that time player-coach at his club Power Dynamos for the two legged knockout qualifier against Nigeria. He made his comeback when Zambia held the Eagles 0-0 in Lagos and the "Master-Dribbler" turned on the magic as he pulled the strings in midfield and Zambia ran out 1-0 winners to dump Nigeria out of the 1986 CAN race. After another appearance against in a friendly against Botswana, Chola travelled with the Zambian team to Zimbabwe to defend their CECAFA Cup. A 2-2 draw with the hosts and a 3-0 reverse to Uganda put paid to Zambia's chances.
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