Or it can be hindered by environmentalists extorting politicians into refusing to let us drill.
His agents followed the money to Russians who allegedly were extorting betting Web sites around the world.
Five days later inmates at La Esperanza, an overcrowded prison, vowed to stop extorting people using jail phones.
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But after perhaps six months, management will begin resenting you for essentially extorting money or power from the firm.
Nigeria's police are well known for extorting bribes from drivers at checkpoints and for their heavy-handed treatment of suspected criminals.
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Last July, adoptions were again frozen after the arrest of Baisalov's predecessor, Ravshan Sabirov, for allegedly extorting funds from foreign adoption agencies seeking accreditation.
In Sarobi, on the road between Jalalabad and Kabul, a checkpoint notorious in pre-Taliban days for extorting money from travellers has reportedly been re-established.
The Malaysians were miffed at General Surayud's claim that funds were being raised for the insurgency by extorting money from restaurants selling Thai tom yum kung soup in Malaysia.
Mr Wu, who is 40, was found guilty in August of extorting money from an environmental-equipment manufacturer by threatening to inform the authorities that products supplied to a steel company were substandard.
Accordingly, it is the height of folly for the United States to persist in a policy that is tantamount to extorting Israel to enter into negotiations with the Palestinians on the basis of such U.S. guarantees.
In that capacity he became the inside guy in the Illinois Senate in overseeing a state Health Facilities Planning Board, one with an infamous history of extorting contributions from companies in exchange for application approvals to build medical facilities.
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Republicans are also infuriated by Kennedy's decision to file a civil racketeering suit against House Minority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas), accusing him of extorting campaign contributions and funneling them through secretive political organizations that do not have to disclose their contributors.
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Among the investigations that have been blocked are those into Azimi, the bank executive who allegedly bought the car for Salehi, and Ghulam Ghaws Abubaker, a former governor of Kapisa Province, for allegedly colluding with the Taliban and extorting money from contractors.
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