That union had a baleful influence on Mr Miller's career.

ECONOMIST: Literary biography

The new regime of rising bills for households, and a more ruthless approach to disconnection for big firms, was one main reason why so many local governments looked on Mr Brevnov with a baleful eye.

ECONOMIST: Unified Energy Systems

But they do have a direct strategic interest in keeping the next election as tight as possible (leaving aside the baleful effect of the boundary changes on a number of their MPs) because it maximises their chance of a hung parliament in 2015 and leverage over the next government.

BBC: Reading the signs

The baleful thesis arises from concerns both that a cliff lies beyond any peak in production and that alternatives to oil will not be available.

ECONOMIST: Why the world is not about to run out of oil

It was just four feet long, but strong, with a brown body, white belly and baleful, brownish-yellow eyes.

WSJ: Fishing for Shark in Destin, Fla.

Coolidge himself winds up unscathed, a sort of gray white whale that has eluded its baleful hunter.

NEWYORKER: Less Said