The silk trade, over which the government held a monopoly, was a primary source of revenue.
Without naming any super PACs, the five authors take a hard line against the role of these independent expenditure groups active in Republican primaries: "No one has a monopoly on knowing who is the best candidate; the electorate ultimately makes the decision".
Once upon a time, before "The Sopranos" broke the monopoly, PBS was America's primary source for prestige television.
Ireland's government is moving forward with plans to end the Catholic Church's monopoly of the nation's primary school system.
I went into "Avengers: Age of Ultron" not knowing whether the name referred to a man, a concept, or… Once upon a time, before "The Sopranos" broke the monopoly, PBS was America's primary source for prestige television.
Even though we found some references to better coordination of work within the public sector, i.e. between primary and secondary health care, a public monopoly does not seem a feasible alternative to solve the situation.
Primary dealers, who in the past had a virtual monopoly on the issue of new government bonds in America, are also being dislodged from their perch.
In most countries, primary and secondary education is mostly a state-run monopoly, so problems tend to be surprisingly similar around the world.
A series of government reports in the 1960s found that Canadian drug prices were among the highest in the world and identified the monopoly granted by patents as being the primary reason for the prices.
Creative types have backed politicians before, and Obama does not have a monopoly on such expression even in the Democratic primary.
