So the idea that Congress passed the NASA authorization act at Griffin's behest is ludricous.    From Wordnik.com.  [New NASA Admin Rumors - NASA Watch] Reference

GM's Rick Wagoner ostensibly stepped down at the president's "behest," a euphemism for.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

Learning how to better research and communicate is at ones behest.    From Wordnik.com.  [OG Oyiborhoro: Tomorrow Starts Today] Reference

Erbil: Iraqi troops attacked one Kurdish faction at the behest of another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Standing Tall, For Now] Reference

On Friday, H-P announced Mr. Hurd had resigned at the behest of the board.    From Wordnik.com.  [H-P's Hurd Reaches Settlement With Contractor] Reference

Similarly, Monti is now probing Intel, partly at the behest of archrival AMD.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Amazing Euroman] Reference

By Sunday Penn was out — a move Clinton spokesmen said was made at his behest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Penn Effect] Reference

The Chilean police had other ideas, throwing him behind bars at the behest of Peru.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

This provision was also included in the 2004 jobs act, at the behest of Kentucky Sens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deduction Redux] Reference

It is unclear whether these were conducted by or at the behest of the Chinese military.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Sounds Alarm at China's Military Buildup] Reference

But even Germany, at whose behest the criteria were written, has recently tried to fudge.    From Wordnik.com.  [European Fudging] Reference

He undertook the investigation at our behest and never requested payment for his time or efforts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

Aryeh Deri is checking the temperature of Shas 'corpse and Eli Yishai, at the behest of the Rabbi of course.    From Wordnik.com.  [Avraham Burg: A New Party of Good Tidings] Reference

Six months later, he boarded a plane for Kenya -- at ApproTEC's behest -- to check out their programs in person.    From Wordnik.com.  [Donations Of Time] Reference

The Fifth Republic, written into law at the behest of Charles De Gaulle in 1958, has been revised several times.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Republic?] Reference

He's spent nearly all of his adult life moving from one elected or appointed office to the next at the party's behest.    From Wordnik.com.  [RETURN OF THE PRI] Reference

Instead, at Iran's behest, State hustled to approve, pronto, a staggering total of 80 visas for Ahmadinejad's retinue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iran's Mini-Empire At The U.N.] Reference

The Vietnamese garment business has been buffeted by the "unreasonable" monitoring regime created at the behest of Sens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organization Woman] Reference

Nor should Islamabad be allowed to continue to trumpet the canard that it is changing policy solely at America's behest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pakistan’s Double-Cross] Reference

But Daniel's boss says her resignation and departure came at the behest of another set of high authorities -- her parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nigeria: Fatwa: To Kill Or Not To Kill] Reference

Predecessor Trent Lott wasn't beloved, but senators didn't like the way Frist replaced him -- essentially at Rove's behest.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NEW POWER PLAYERS] Reference

He has ordered his office security staff to deny entry to two private investigators hired at Bailey's behest to work on the case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not Exactly Happy Campers] Reference

Seems that Lucasfilm promised them the first in-depth interview and then, at Lucas's behest, gave the Times access anyway -- oops.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Selling Of Star Wars] Reference

The rules-based approach embodied in Europe's Stability and Growth Pact (which was adopted at Germany's behest) has not fared much better.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Model Standing Is France] Reference

The military claims that the spate of recent attacks was carried out at the behest of the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pakistan’s Second Front] Reference

And, again at Mullen's behest, McChrystal was most recently given the task of figuring out the nuts-and-bolts of a new approach in Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can Gates Turn It Around?] Reference

The majority suffer from schizophrenia and have been institutionalized involuntarily -- often at the behest of fearful and uninformed relatives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hidden From View] Reference

Clearly suspicious: None of this proves that Marceca or Livingstone was on a political mission -- either on his own or at the behest of higher-ups.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Violations Of Privacy'] Reference

He made his professional debut – dropping the "s" from his surname at the behest of Equity – at the Old Vic in 1953, playing Rosencrantz in Hamlet.    From Wordnik.com.  [David William obituary] Reference

In Jackson's native Gary, Ind., some 30,000 citizens petitioned Michael, at the behest of Mayor Richard Hatcher, to come home — at least for a ceremony.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tour, The Money, The Magic] Reference

Fletcher cut the budget -- and his own salary by 25 percent, by the way -- he cut the faculty, and he cut the season by a week, all at the behest of the board.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Conniff: Con Games: The Good Guy Finally Wins At Aspen Music Fest] Reference

But what DeLay really wants is to be cleared quickly in a friendly venue whose new, far more member-friendly rules were written at the behest of DeLay's allies.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE RIGHT'S FIGHT] Reference

Easing barriers to farm trade has been Washington's top priority, but the EC, largely at France's behest, has offered only minor reductions in export subsidies.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Shot Of A Trade War?] Reference

"We know that it is at the behest of the United States that we are being kept out of the Olympics," says Abdul Shakur Mutmaen, head of the National Olympic Committee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adversity's Champions] Reference

She told NEWSWEEK that she had come under pressure from a department colleague, who said he was acting at the behest of a top White House official, to dig up dirt on Clinton.    From Wordnik.com.  [White House Dirty Tricks?] Reference