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.
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 an authoritarian leader with occasional strong-arm tendencies.
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