Monopolizing

The first commercial gusher, drilled by Edwin Drake in Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1859, set the stage for the kind of monopolizing Big Oil would exemplify. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But earlier this month, the 37-year-old registered nurse from San Francisco was waylaid by an AOL representative in the parking lot of a food mart near his hospital and asked to sign a petition to prevent AT&T from "monopolizing" the Internet. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Michael Jordan always kind of monopolizing or dominating the whole Hanes ads. ❋ Unknown (2003)

One of them is that Vince McMahon had just purchased WCW, kind of monopolizing the sports entertainment industry, and I was really their first big star coming up for renewal, and the contract which I was offered didn't allow me (a) to take advantage of all the opportunity that was coming my way. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The control, or "monopolizing," of the public land by large holders is said to be one of the causes of increasing tenantry ❋ Arthur William Dunn (1897)

I've been working on "monopolizing" my digital self, but as you said, there are loads of places where our words and thoughts can be held, frozen, for all time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

FPM demands six portfolios, describes reports of progress as false By Elias Sakr Daily BEIRUT: Government formation suffered a heavy setback Wednesday as minister rejects 'monopolizing' of portfolios By Elias Sakr Daily BEIRUT: The positive regional atmosphere following the outcome of last week's ❋ Unknown (2009)

Development concluded on Sunday in the southern city of Sidon its one-week BEIRUT: Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met with senior Qatari figures on Sunday ahead of his scheduled visit to the United minister rejects 'monopolizing' of portfolios By Elias Sakr Daily BEIRUT: The positive regional atmosphere following the outcome of last week's France Presse (AFP) Friday, October 09, 2009 - Powered by Natacha Yazbeck Agence France Presse ❋ Unknown (2009)

It also helps if you don't make certain blunders, such as monopolizing the conversation, asking leading questions, or applying too much (or too little) pr How to get an international job - Zero in on your chosen field, then seek out global employers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Acosta suggested the since the city was considering "monopolizing" the waste business in the city, the item ought to be sent to a legislative review committee, which would deliberate the issue with the stakeholders -- the commercial haulers -- "so we don't come back and have a room full of people against us." ❋ Unknown (2008)

First of all, wind does BEIRUT: Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met with senior Qatari figures on Sunday ahead of his scheduled visit to the United France Presse (AFP) Friday, October 09, 2009 - Powered by Natacha Yazbeck Agence France Presse Armenian community leaders have drawn up a petition condemning the accord to be signed Saturday between minister rejects 'monopolizing' of portfolios By Elias Sakr Daily BEIRUT: The positive regional atmosphere following the outcome of last week's Bahia Hariri met with representatives from the World Health France Presse (AFP) Friday, October 09, 2009 - Powered by Roueida Mabardi BEIRUT: Despite some positive indicators in terms of economic growth Lebanon Abraham Matossian criticized on Wednesday the Lebanese BEIRUT: While investigations into Tuesday's Ain al-Remmaneh clashes intensified on Thursday, the security situation remained fragile in ❋ Unknown (2009)

BEIRUT: Opposition groups on Sunday slammed Lebanese For­ces (LF) leader Samir Geagea's call to form a majority cabinet BEIRUT: Lebanon's prisons are wildly overcrowded, and most of those behind bars have either completed their sentences or are BEIRUT: We know what their approval ratings were in the June elections, but how have Lebanon's top politicians faired in the BEIRUT: While investigations into Tuesday's Ain al-Remmaneh clashes intensified on Thursday, the security situation remained fragile in Lebanon as the country becomes increasingly "Islamized," according to the founder of BEIRUT: President Michel Slei­man stressed Friday Lebanon's commitment to UN Lebanon, but nation-building is at a complete standstill THE MORNING is soft and damp, the sea flat, the 180 degree view from the veranda 12 floors up is bracketed by the BEIRUT: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader MP Michel Aoun on Wednesday warned in strong minister rejects 'monopolizing' of portfolios By Elias Sakr Daily BEIRUT: The positive regional atmosphere following the outcome of last week's France Presse (AFP) Friday, October 09, 2009 - Powered by Natacha Yazbeck Agence France Presse ❋ Unknown (2009)

You know, Jeff, what’s so wrong with your thinking is that if this kind of monopolizing mega blanketing behavior were done by “Microsoft” or “America” or “telecoms” you’d be sputtering and screaming about how unfair and walled-garden and evil it all was. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The enemy is an attitude that sees any one system (and the monopolizing costs) as the only way. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To me, that means leaving ample space for women to put their own mark on it, and trying to dissuade anyone from monopolizing the space. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some have accused her of monopolizing the cause and struck out on their own, organizing a separate, smaller pride march this year and coming to be labeled members of a "dissident" gay community. ❋ Unknown (2011)

By monopolizing the law discipline, the ruling regime manifestly intends to regulate the admission of law students and the training of lawyers and judges who will administer "justice" in the country. ❋ Alemayehu G. Mariam (2010)

On the average morning there are a half dozen squirrels hanging from the feeders—rightside up, upside down, sideways, backwards—feasting on the seeds and monopolizing the feeders. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2012)