Many players feel it is de rigueur to intervene against a strong-club opening.

"That suggests Baker has not given the Fed permission to intervene, particularly against the mark."

Unofficially, it was known that he intervened against criminals of every sort.

In at least two known instances, Massoud personally intervened against cases of forced marriage.

As of 2012, the World Bank remains active in helping governments to intervene against hunger.

Asked if that meant they could intervene against the Haitian police, he replied: "Yes, it does."

On Thursday night, the army intervened for the first time against Serbs.

The effort to intervene against whaling in Australia did not go smoothly.

At the end of December 1998, it may be possible to intervene on a large scale on foreign currency markets against the agreed rates.

However, some officials think that Tutsi militants are trying to create enough violence to force the army to intervene against the Government.