The commandos boarded the ship armed with paintball guns expecting to be greeted by hostile, but non-violent humanitarian activists.
Worse still, if the majority was won at Westminster, the referendum would be organised by a hostile government.
That means if Microsoft presses forward with a hostile bid, the battle could be over by August.
Regulators should be hostile to rent-seeking by the established, and hospitable to the companies whose names we do not know.
Yasser Arafat could unilaterally declare a Palestinian state, but this would be seen as a hostile move by Israel which has said it would respond by annexing parts of the West Bank.
Motor Trend has a history of bestowing this prize on path-breaking vehicles that have yet to be tested by real drivers in a hostile world.
George, Ipswich's Nigerian winger, was also singled out by the hostile crowd in Yugoslavia and said action should be taken to prevent a repeat occurence in the future.
By concentrating on areas where considerable progress is possible (rather than on such neuralgic issues as drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or increased CAFE fuel-efficiency standards), America - and in particular its gas-guzzling transportation sector - could be made significantly less reliant on oil supplied by unstable or hostile regimes.
This week, Chief Executive SteveBallmerSteve Ballmer is said to be considering raising the offer by a dollar or two to avoid a hostile takeover, which likely would produce a long, nasty fight, and no certainty that Microsoft will get Yahoo!
This week, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is said to be considering raising the offer by a dollar or two to avoid a hostile takeover, which likely would produce a long, nasty fight, and no certainty that Microsoft will get Yahoo!
Pfizer was an obvious choice to be a white knight for the biotech, which is fighting a hostile takeover attempt by Sanofi-Aventis.
The bank was bought by Royal Bank of Scotland in a hostile bid earlier this month, and the Scots want to be shot of Gartmore.
The methods and means used by unfriendly competitors or hostile nation states and the nature of modern day information processing technology dictate that we must be vigilant in protecting critical information assets and our national research infrastructure.
Just as fever (which is also controlled by cytokines) creates an environment hostile to the reproduction of bacteria and viruses, so lethargy conserves energy that can be directed to building up the immune system an extremely demanding task.
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