Mr. Alam traveled regularly to Europe to meet with Israeli officials, and at their behest he set up a business that brought women to Lebanon to work as maids to help disguise his activities, Lebanese security officials said.
Primakov was on his way to the United States for a formal meeting with Vice-President Al Gore, and, at Primakov's behest, Zuckerman had set up a meeting for him in New York with American business leaders and academics, including Paul O'Neill, then the C.E.O. of Alcoa (and later Bush's Treasury Secretary); Henry Kravis, the financier; and Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve.
It is also still wrestling with a companywide initiative, begun at the behest of Mr. Cheney, to set up central management of purchasing, personnel and other administrative functions.
But this week, at Russia's behest, the leaders agreed to set up a joint "anti-terrorism centre" in Moscow, headed by a Russian from the FSB, the internal-security successor of the KGB.
In fact, nearly all of the new companies were wholly owned by Irisl, run by Irisl officials or set up at their behest.
The companies are either run by Irisl officials, set up at their behest or wholly owned by Irisl, corporate records and interviews show.
Gove's distinctive twist on the academy concept is the free school – institutions with the same legal status, but set up at the behest of groups of parents, businesses or anyone else who can demonstrate a demand.
The only hint in the 176-page document that it might have something to do with the Conservative Party is an admission in the foreword by the commission's chairman that it was set up at the behest of George Osborne, the shadow chancellor.There are two reasons for this shyness.
KABUL, Afghanistan — A special court set up at the behest of President Hamid Karzai ordered on Thursday the reinstatement of 62 candidates who had lost their seats or had been disqualified from last year's parliamentary elections, reviving the prospect of a constitutional crisis for the nation.
The special investigating committee was set up at the behest of Tweedy Browne, Hollinger's second-largest shareholder.
