A few years later, when the business went bust, spewing billions of dollars into the void, sparking charges of chicanery and sharp practice, many said Western's combustible mixture had gotten out of balance.
22.
Lamb added that the Australian manager was entitled to write to him if he had felt there had been some " sharp practice, " but that the written submission from Crompton was yet to reach him.
23.
Although nobody can deny a strong element of " sharp practice ", including using suspect surprise witnesses in some trials, there was genuine talent in the team, especially in the abilities of William Howe in court.
24.
While the contract case clarified and in certain respects extended authors rights, the ensuing assessment of damages proceedings ( 1991 92 ) shed new light on modern royalty agreements and on certain sharp practices employed by publishers.
25.
He seems to have been a difficult and rather unpopular figure, not beyond some rather sharp practice in his dealings, and " possessing the dreadful gift of total recall for past prices of works of art ".
26.
Serious financial differences arose between the poet and his publisher, and Dryden's letters to Tonson ( 1695 1697 ) are full of complaints of meanness and sharp practice and of refusals to accept clipped or bad money.
27.
In the approach to Tabasco's state election in October, Madrazo put his phrase into sharp practice, illegally spending state funds and coercing voters to make sure that a PRI man whom he had picked won the governorship.
28.
He was involved in the settlement of the terms of peace after the defeat of the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M�hlberg in 1547, a settlement in which, to say the least, some particularly sharp practice was exhibited.
29.
On the pretext that the supposed loan and issuance would be politically unpopular, and with the implication that it was a bit of sharp practice by bank insiders, the entire operation was conducted in an atmosphere of deep secrecy.
30.
On return from work, Celia is engaged to speak at the annual company conference, and is planning a major assault on what she sees as the lack of training and sharp practice that are rife among her own company.
