• But he is little known in France and what is known about him, as a Protestant from Hanover, in Germany's north, and as a reputed Anglophile, makes him seem worryingly different from Mr Kohl, a Catholic Francophile from the nearby Rhineland.

    ECONOMIST: Oil that motor

  • Families exchange visits, and there is reputed to be a growing underground population of refugees.

    CNN: 'The South's Guangdong'

  • The aim, according to the U.S. military, was to capture a reputed death squad leader.

    NPR: Sadr City Revolves Around Old Ties, Cleric

  • And the information they exposed resulted in the murder indictment of Edgar Ray Killen, a reputed Klansman.

    NPR: 'Mississippi Burning,' 41 Years Too Late

  • October is reputed to be a tough month for the market, so it will be quite a challenge as it still could go either way.

    FORBES: Is The Stock Market Already Telegraphing The Reelection of President Obama?

  • Last year, a federal prosecutor in Connecticut revealed that the FBI believed a reputed Connecticut mobster, Robert Gentile, had some involvement with stolen property related to the art heist.

    NPR: FBI Focuses On Recovering Art Stolen In Mass.

  • Further, he is reputed to be a micromanager and with a scandal whose roots go back several years, it is unlikely that he was unaware of the hacking or the fact that his team, the government and the police were in cahoots.

    FORBES: What I Would Do If I Were Murdoch

  • But into his shoes stepped another general, Cesar Saucedo, the interior minister, a man reputed to have close ties with Mr Montesinos.

    ECONOMIST: Fujimori under fire

  • But, as in much of his output, his personality and willingness to have fun in a genre reputed for serious posturing will carry yet another Snoop album into the popular consciousness.

    NPR: Snoop Dogg's Personality Carries 'Ego'

  • However, since gold is also an emotional trade, it may emulate to some degree the seventeenth century tulip mania where it was reputed that 40 bulbs of a famous tulip variety sold for 100, 000 Dutch florins.

    FORBES: The Alchemy Of Gold

  • After all, Talbott has with his pronouncements repeated a grievous error made by the Bush Administration concerning Mikhail Gorbachev: A Kremlin leader reputed to be committed to reform is made the determinant of U.S. policy toward Russia (and, for that matter, its neighbors and former satellites).

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • The new Mercedes V10 engine is not only sited lower in the car for a lower centre of gravity, it is also reputed to be the lightest power unit in F1 at a little over 90kg.

    BBC: Radical new McLaren breaks cover

  • Mrs Riess-Passer, who joined Mr Haider as his press officer soon after he took over the party in 1986, is reputed to be tough and have a mind of her own.

    ECONOMIST: Austria

  • Montezuma, the early 16th-century Aztec ruler, was reputed to consume up to 50 cups a day before repairing to his harem.

    ECONOMIST: History of chocolate

  • Over a ten year period there is evidence Lance paid Italian Dr. Michele Ferrari a million dollars for his reputed PED expertise.

    FORBES: Lance And Oprah Sittin' In A Tree

  • It has a stable government, and reputed and respected regulators.

    WSJ: Managing in Asia: Hariharan; Singapore Mercantile Exchange Finds the Pulse of Commodities Trading

  • Previously the head of a private clinic, he is reputed to have been close to the jailed former "boss of bosses", Bernardo Provenzano.

    BBC: File photo of Salvatore Cuffaro in Palermo, 2002

  • Michael Dell is reputed to be conservative politically, and Clinton is a champion of liberal causes.

    FORBES: Bill Clinton Enlivens Dell Conference

  • Tendai Biti, a fiery human-rights lawyer and the reputed brains behind the MDC, has been given the unenviable post of finance minister.

    ECONOMIST: Zimbabwe

  • Punjab's minister of law, Rana Sanaullah, went on the campaign trail in February with the reputed head of Sipah-e-Sahaba, for a by-election in the southern town of Jhang.

    ECONOMIST: The Punjabi Taliban

  • It is reputed to be haunted by more than 20 ghosts - including a choir of nuns and Sir Roderick of Portchester who was murdered outside the manor in the Middle Ages.

    BBC: Wymering Manor in Portsmouth

  • The scientific colloquium will bring together reputed international scholars, representatives from archaeological services and concerned enterprises for a high-level scientific exchange on the imminent factors impacting underwater cultural heritage.

    UNESCO: All Events | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

  • He was there ostensibly to meet with reputed Detroit Mafia street enforcer Giacalone and Anthony Provenzano, chief of a Teamsters local in New Jersey, who was later convicted in a murder case.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The survivor, Scott Davis, testified that he heard the click of a gun as he walked in front of Beasley at the reputed job site.

    NPR: Mother Testifies To Spare Son's Life In Ohio Case

  • One quarter of the Hotel des Bergues' rooms are suites, with spacious sitting rooms and windows that look out onto Lake Geneva and the landmark Jet D'Eau, a 140-meter-high geyser of water that is reputed to be Europe's tallest fountain.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Well the talk of the Countess of Wessex' incautious remarks has been an enormous story two weekends running and as we saw just then last Sunday we had an authorised interview in the News of the World while other papers carried a string of embarrassing stories about what Sophie Rhys Jones was reputed to have told the undercover reporter.

    BBC: News Online

  • Six scholars stand out among Hadith collectors for the reputed accuracy and authenticity in the selection of Hadith they chose to include as a part of their collections.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Shariah��s Black Box

  • Mr Carroll is reputed to have built more apartments in Dublin than any other developer and is also a major investor on the Irish stockmarket.

    BBC: Property woe for Irish government

  • Is it a mere coincidence that in the Information Age only these non-transparent investments are reputed to outperform the market?

    FORBES: Demonic Structured Notes Haunt Church Portfolios

  • Whereas punters desperate for price information were reputed once to have drilled holes in the NYSE's walls, now they click on a screen.

    ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

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