That out of pique, a single senator can hold up all nominations is highly unfortunate.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

But Kennan resigned out of pique when he felt Kennedy had crossed him up by signing a trade bill that stigmatized Yugoslavia.

NEWYORKER: Getting Real

North Korea has since threatened to resume its missile programme, partly out of pique at the suspicious attitude of the new administration.

ECONOMIST: Bush's Korean scepticism | The

Whether state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver doomed the West Side stadium out of political pique at mayoral neglect is beside the point.

WSJ: New York Stadium Deals: Good and Bad

But they can only block him if they can reasonably claim to be acting on political principle, not out of political pique.

ECONOMIST: A teaspoonful of tax cuts | The

In particular, Mr Watanabe reserves his bile for Mr Koizumi partly, perhaps, out of personal pique that the prime minister does not hang on his every word, as predecessors did.

ECONOMIST: Japan

This was further testimony to the Portuguese manager's claims to be "The Special One" as his side's tactics, belief and resolve withstood a home onslaught that saw Barca run out of ideas until Pique's goal.

BBC: Barcelona 1-0 Inter (agg 2-3)

Gerard Pique over-hit a long pass out of defence - which the out-of-sorts Torres was never likely to reach - but Chile goalkeeper and captain Claudio Bravo foolishly raced out of his penalty area to clear unsuccessfully into the path of Villa.

BBC: Chile 1-2 Spain

Barcelona's central defender Gerard Pique had tweeted Saturday that he wanted politics to say out of El Clasico.

CNN: Messi and Ronaldo ensure honors shared in 222nd El Clasico