But thus far arm-twisting and secret diplomacy have had such limited success that perhaps such ultimatums could work.
Yet, this has not stopped the GOP from twisting the result to meet their argument.
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Twisting an imaginary dial to raise the volume of music playing from a radio or TV.
That, in turn, means that vehicles are less subject to twisting forces in hard turns.
As clay is not so firm underfoot as hard courts, twisting and turning is harder.
The prime minister has indeed been twisting arms to get his way on Japan Post.
Karzai agreed to the November runoff election after intense diplomatic arm twisting by the United States.
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The first hold was a twisting all-action anyone-could-win bout with Benn putting in the final twist.
Equipment would have to move through towns along the narrow, twisting roads of the Shuf Mountains.
The pain is typically aggravated by twisting, bending from side to side, or deep breathing.
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Two of the richest guys on the planet are now in the arm-twisting business.
J. and other investigative agencies are sitting there twisting their mustache trying to violate civil liberties.
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President Obama has been twisting arms - much to the irritation of some of Europe's leaders.
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We're talking the best Microsoft's partners have to offer: twisting screens, dual screens, 8-second boot-up times.
Flacco was brilliant early, twisting out of the considerable pressure the 49ers threw at him.
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They then removed some of the posts, creating a twisting path for the light to travel.
"The publicity wasn't so great, " says Langer, thoughtfully twisting and pulling at a stray strand of hair.
Now, he says, officials are twisting the arms of developers to try to satisfy unrealistic public expectations.
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Mr Clarke deftly describes the twisting contours of Keynes's impact on both economic policy and economic theory.
It was at low tide, sunk to a twisting channel between flanks of mud glinting with moonlight.
Twisting Ireland's arm might reverse that, but it could just as easily lead to another no vote.
The men wrangled with the roots, twisting them back and forth, up and down, like sailors battling a sea monster.
George Bush senior, who suffers from exactly the same tongue-twisting problem as his son, grows in stature.
Wherever possible he tries to take roads like those on the original route--narrow, twisting and today largely untraveled.
In January McElya started twisting arms of fellow senior executives in the auto industry and related Detroit-area businesses.
After some twisting and turning the third scrum also imploded and Deon Carstens was sin-binned for his involvement.
But of course this will never happen, and politics has a way of twisting good change into bad.
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He was cut off by a terrible grip, a twisting vine-strangle of the heart but his words kicked Mrs.
It refused, despite American arm-twisting, to invite Mr Lavrov to a big democracy shindig in Cracow in September.
As a final note, beware of politicians who are taking this issue and cynically twisting it for political benefit.
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