Insurance companies and oil companies and Wall Street were given free rein to do whatever they pleased.

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Mr. Corzine was given free rein to run MF Global like a private investment fund, and the board did not intervene to protect investors.

FORBES: Connect

Perhaps this is why Richard was given remarkably free rein to find his own way.

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In 2006, Disney bought Pixar and since then Iger has given Lasseter free rein to produce unconventional films that on paper seem like they would be total disasters (Ratatouille, the story of a rat in the kitchen) but manage to make millions at the box office.

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That has not only raised hopes of improving education, but also given him a chance to rein in the notoriously spendthrift school-construction authority.

ECONOMIST: New York city

Changes to RPI may be seen as just a way to reverse the boost given to the formula effect in 2010, and to rein in its exaggerated influence on the figures.

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The new measures make hedging more complex, but it also has an impact on currency speculation, something the government said it wanted to rein in as much as possible given the global weak dollar and its impact on Brazil.

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Yes, Japanese society fosters conformity, but it would take only a handful of entrepreneurs given free rein (out of a population of 126 million) to bring about the breakthroughs and growth necessary for progress.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Europeans need to look more closely at the cultural traits that are inhibited at home but given freer rein in America.

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