• But charities representing one parent families accused the government of "strong arm tactics" and said it would make life harder for lone parents by assuming that "government always knows best".

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  • Perhaps because he now senses that the Israeli public thinks his strong-arm tactics have failed.

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  • McEwen tried to appeal against Cooke for his strong-arm tactics but that was rejected.

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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.

    NPR: American Raid Follows Sadr's Return to Public Eye

  • He lusted after the headlines, and hoped strong-arm tactics would coerce settlements.

    NEWYORKER: Mayberry Man

  • 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.

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  • Recently, he had criticised supporters of Mr Aristide for strong-arm tactics.

    ECONOMIST: Haiti��s downward spiral | The

  • 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.

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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.

    NEWYORKER: Good Cats

  • 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.

    CNN: Mob Scene in Miami

  • 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.

    ECONOMIST: Japanese cults

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