Sentences with phrase «timber baron»

So, in an attempt to get the party started, realtors David Ogilvy & Associates has released some more images of the property, currently owned by timber baron John M Rudey.

On 24th April 2006, Dutch timber baron Gus Kouwenhoven will go on trial in The Hague on charges of committing war crimes against Liberians and violating a United Nations (UN) arms embargo.

But timber barons and sympathetic congressmen fought the effort.

The two immensely talented actors had already blazed and crazed and ballroom - danced together in David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle when off they go to the Smoky Mountains for Serena, a Depression - era drama about timber barons - adapted from the PEN / Faulkner - nominated novel by Ron Rash, with Oscar - winning Danish director Susanne Bier calling the shots.

Timber barons are looking for rosewood, a now - rare tree used to make luxury furniture for markets in China and the United States.

Ouch, the founder of Cambodia Human Rights Task Forces, has published reports documenting bribery and collusion between timber barons and the government.

In the latest edition of the Magazine Wired, Reporter Richard Conniff tells the full story of timber barons, investigators, enforcement efforts and the improbable voyage of stolen timber from the Peruvian Amazon to the US port of Houston and other international destinations.