Kennedy also used the IRS to strong-arm companies into complying with "voluntary" price controls.
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Perhaps because he now senses that the Israeli public thinks his strong-arm tactics have failed.
McEwen tried to appeal against Cooke for his strong-arm tactics but that was rejected.
Clinton had to strong-arm a freshman into getting the last one, and thereafter her political career was ruined.
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But despite Obaydi's claims to the contrary, militias working in the name of Sadr continue to use strong-arm tactics.
TCI, a system run as a sideline by Mr Hindery and controlled by John Malone, a famously tough strong-arm.
Walgreen can't strong-arm the big PBMs. So it's trying to reach them obliquely.
It could be seen as a bully trying to strong-arm ImClone shareholders into accepting a bid it knows is too low.
And let's face it, strong-arm regimes are threatened by popular outcries for political freedom that are empowered by unfettered Internet connectivity.
Here the Treasury has real power, chiefly thanks to its ability to strong-arm the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
His opponents argue that he is now trying to strong-arm his way to the presidency, using mobs and intimidation, especially against journalists.
He lusted after the headlines, and hoped strong-arm tactics would coerce settlements.
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For GM to recover, it must break free from the legacy of strong-arm unions, crippling cost structures and onerous commitments to its ex-workers.
It is clear that the Justice Department overreached on the Associated Press scandal and that its strong-arm tactics are likely to have a chilling effect.
So why is the government using strong-arm tactics over something trivial?
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In many cases, Apple's secrecy and strong-arm negotiating has paid off.
Recently, he had criticised supporters of Mr Aristide for strong-arm tactics.
The cults, it seems, like other businesses, are feeling the effects of the longest recession in Japan's modern history and have responded with strong-arm sales tactics.
But the strong-arm tactics that Russia has espoused towards its former vassals are as damaging, in the long run, to itself as to its perceived enemies.
Ms Cabanillas' strong-arm tactics have earned her some public backing and the nickname "Thatcher" in the Peruvian media, after the former Conservative British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.
The Shabiha is a group of typically hulking men who are regarded as the shadowy arm of the government and are infamous for their strong-arm tactics.
Since then, however, the government has cancelled the licences of several exchange bureaus, signalling that it still intends to counter pressure on the currency with strong-arm tactics.
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Obama is so averse to acting against the will of the UN that he is trying to strong-arm Israel into making suicidal concessions to the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority.
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So in the end, despite the temporary setbacks, Hizbullah was able to strong-arm its way into Fuad Siniora's government and received governmental support for its state-within-a-state in south Lebanon.
Far more newsworthy than her criticism of Netanyahu was her public rebuke of Obama this week for his attempt to strong-arm Israel into barring Jewish construction in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood.
Watching Obama strong-arm the US's closest ally in the region, the Palestinians and the neighboring Arab states have become convinced that there is no reason to make peace with the Jews.
But don't tell that to Randi Weingarten, the teachers union el supremo, who is trying to strong-arm pension trustees not to invest in hedge funds or private-equity funds that support education reform.
And he can blame strong-arm tactics of the United States on this vote, but I really think that they are being very careful to make it seem that he has done himself in.
And an authoritarian leader with occasional strong-arm tendencies.
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