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.
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.
Here the Treasury has real power, chiefly thanks to its ability to strong-arm the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
No strong-arm leader controls ACG San Francisco.
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Dennis Gilbert, who had represented Mr. Bonilla earlier in Mr. Bonilla's career and remains one of his friends, said in a phone interview that there was no need for Mr. Bonilla to strong-arm the Mets into such a lucrative buyout.
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Egypt has remained isolated in Arab public opinion as Mr Mubarak has subsequently cracked down on cross-border smuggling and struggled to strong-arm Hamas into sharing power with its secular rival, Fatah, by using the opening of the border as a lure.
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Luo Liang (played by a young man of the same name) is the driver and bagman for a big-time developer, Boss Peng (Peng Deming), who turns to strong-arm tactics when his attempts at bribery fail to clear restive peasants from their land.
Yet the way the Republicans went after it, by intimidating the three-member board or by providing the excuse it was looking for, gave Americans the first TV view of strong-arm tactics in what was supposed to be a showcase of democracy in action.
Listed at 6-foot-4 and 237 pounds, Manuel has a strong arm, is mobile and went 25-6 in four years with the Seminoles.
In moments of hopeful fantasy, they imagine this wonderful machine serving Europe as the strong arm of a perfectly co-ordinated common foreign and security policy.
The tourists began day three in a strong position but the combination of left-arm seamer Bollinger and off-spinner Nathan Hauritz destroyed their first innings, with the last four wickets falling for just two runs in 10 balls.
"You don't train with physical abuse because he's so strong, it's a mental arm-wrestle, " he explained.
After Bopara had fallen lbw to Nikita Miller's left-arm spin, Collingwood and Shah nurdled England to a really strong position of 206-3 from 40 overs.
And in May, Lenovo, a firm with strong connections to China's government, had finalised its purchase of the PC-making arm of IBM.
But other people familiar with the matter have said there is a strong possibility that Ms. Couric's new syndicated program would end up with CBS's in-house syndication arm.
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