"I figured the city would be locked down," said Craig Brabham, a programmer from suburban Hazelwood, Mo., who had heard that the Super Bowl would be the most oppressively secure ever.
"I fear for the future of the Labour party if your supporting activists secure ever control of the party's apparatus and process, and the role of the parliamentary Labour party diminishes further in the selection of a leader and the formulation of policies likely to win an election".
For the BBC, under continuing financial pressure and political manouvering aimed at securing ever greater regulatory oversight of the corporation's activities and notwithstanding its new draft charter, the corporation looked like the victim of an unfair fight with another public broadcaster.
Large corporations have become adept at pitting state and city governments against each other to secure ever bigger budget-busting tax concessions and subsidies, ever threatening to locate their facilities in some more 'business-friendly' state.
Far too much time is spent standing in a virtual line of "what if" scenarios while trying to secure ever more protection by acquiring things that offer the illusion of shelter and safety.
Forgetting Russia's century-old moves to secure ever-widening "buffer zones" to protect its borders, Mr. Clinton used his typical approach: We would not exactly say no to the requests to join NATO; instead, we would offer them a "Partnership for Peace," which anyone, including Russia, could join.
And he brought me more or less every fortnight after that until I was 17, by which time the relationship was secured for ever.
Two early second-half tries from scrum-half Nicky-Griffiths helped Jersey beat Plymouth and secured first ever away win in the Championship.
Today, its vast profits secured by ever-rising fees from cable companies make it "probably the single most important asset at News Corporation," he said.
The $268 million would be the largest financial settlement that the Manhattan district attorney's office has ever secured.
