1.   And the Robert Maxwell empire was just about to launch a new magazine called World Development.

2.   During this period of rapid territorial expansion the empire was almost continually at war.

3.   It was a mammoth and indeed crippling undertaking and by the end of the Darius reign the vast empire was in Decline.

4.   Yet if they wait while a complex corporate empire is unwound, the value of their loans can shrivel almost to nothing.

5.   On paper, the Woodville empire is impressive, but it is doubtful whether it can be considered an independent power base.

6.   Above all, the empire was the only place where he could make good immediately on his claim to represent the real France.

7.   By the end of the century there were fifteen Ottoman missions abroad and the empire was an integral part of the European system of international relations.

8.   His hotel empire was proof of that.

9.   In Holland that the empire is broader than Belgium is.

10.   And he was a monarchist, obsessed with the idea of returning the Hapsburgs to the throne even when it was clear the empire was beyond redemption.