Sentences with phrase «arm companies»

He told the judge before she handed down her sentences that he was motivated by a father's love when he strong - armed companies into giving work to his son.

Meanwhile, an agent for the Winchester Repeating Arms Company recruits Dr. Eric Price (Jason Clarke), a psychiatrist with a dark past, to evaluate Sarah's sanity and determine if there's a way to seize her controlling interest in the company.

Remington Arms Company, Inc., also has a handsome new shotgun, the Model 1100, a five - shot, gas - operated, semiautomatic in 12 gauge (16 and 20 gauge in 1964) for which the company claims «up to 40 % less recoil than other automatics and more than 50 % less than «fixed action» models [double - barreled and slide - action guns].

The government's insistence on Australian industry involvement in projects can inflate costs but Dr Hellyer sees a bigger risk to competitive tension coming from consolidation in among global arms companies, reducing particular platforms down to one or two suppliers.

Similarly, the annual report for arms company Chemring states it is «well - positioned to benefit from any sustained increase in demand as a result of the conflict in the Middle East».

Mr Zuma is alleged to have sought bribes from a French arms company to support an extravagant lifestyle.

And by taking on so much initial capital, they're basically trying to strong - arm companies like Facebook or Twitter buy them at an inflated price.

With an increased focus on returning to its industrial roots and reducing the size and spinning off portions of its financial arm the company looks to be returning to its former dividend growth blue chip status.

«Huge profits will be made by arms companies, but the costs are borne by the UK taxpayer, and millions of people whose lives are blighted by the arms trade.»

After war broke out in 1914, it was revealed that the Austro - Hungarian fleet was armed with torpedoes made by Whitehead's, a subsidiary business of the British arms company Vickers.

Similarly, the committee hosted informal meetings with representatives from BAE Systems, the UK's largest arms company and major arms supplier to Saudi Arabia.

He also has to contend with Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke), the vengeful son of Stark's father's former partner, and Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), the head of a competing arms company.

It's a brand new feature that wasn't in Xenoblade Chronicles, which allows you to enjoy special equipment from various Arm Companies (each got their own characteristics).

As researchers and engineers working on artificial intelligence and robotics, we are greatly concerned by the opening of a «Research Center for the Convergence of National Defense and Artificial Intelligence» at KAIST in collaboration with Hanwha Systems, South Korea's leading arms company.

However, while Google — which has published details about Lipizzan in a blog and gave a presentation on it at Black Hat in Legas Vegas — hasn't detailed who has been targeted by Lipizzan or who might be behind it, threat researchers said they have found references in the code to Equus Technologies, which is described as a «cyber arms company».

Skelos, 69, and son Adam, 33, were convicted of bribery, corruption and conspiracy in December 2015 after a jury found that the Long Island Republican strong - armed companies into paying his son more than $ 330,000 for a no - show job.

Anyone who lives in northern California is aware of the Winchester Mystery House, the house once owned by Sarah Winchester, the heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

WHEREAS, the New York State Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 which was rushed to passage by the New York State Senate, Assembly and Governor, will have a detrimental effect on hunters, sportsmen and legal gun owners, as well as the Remington Arms Company; and

I hate to break it to you, but VW aka «the only voice that counts» are actually a bunch of lying scamming bastards, and indeed all the companies you mention are tied to Big Oil who in turn are tied to terrorists and global arms companies.

The scandal appeared to come to a head in 2005, when a court found Durban businessman Schabir Shaik guilty of soliciting bribes from a French arms company «for the benefit of Zuma».

One group which has benefited from the rise of Isis is the arms companies, with the outgoing BAE chief executive having tastelessly described its growth as a «call to arms».

The father - son duo was convicted in 2015 for a corruption scheme in which the elder Skelos used his influence to strong - arm companies into giving Adam no - show jobs.

Its former chairmen include two figures most tainted by the expenses scandal, as well as the MP Steve Baker, who (as we also revealed) took thousands of pounds from an arms company whilst helping run the committee which promotes the arms industry in parliament (extraordinarily, this isn't prohibited in British politics).

Among the UK delegation were 37 arms companies and Richard Paniguian, head of UKTI's Defence and Security Organisation (UKTI DSO).

When it comes to deciding whether to promote human rights or push arms sales, UK governments never hesitate - the arms company interests are always the priority.

An international treaty regulating the arms trade sounds as though it has to be a good idea, but look again and it you will see it has the backing of the arms companies - the Foreign Office says it will «be good for business, both manufacturing and export sales».

Is this because his door is wide open to the arms companies while those of us arguing against the huge government backing for them have far fewer opportunities?

Tying together three weeks of testimony and dozens of subpoenaed documents and secretly recorded phone calls, prosecutors described yesterday how former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos turned his powerful office into a cash cow, allegedly strong - arming companies into paying his son Adam for doing little or no work.

But in the end, it wasn't enough to avoid prison sentences: six - and - a-half years for Adam; five years plus a $ 500,000 fine for Dean, who, as senate majority leader, strong - armed companies into giving payments and largely no - show jobs to his son.

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Skelos and his son, Adam, were convicted of bribery, corruption and conspiracy in December of 2015 after a jury found that the powerful Nassau County Republican strong - armed companies to pay his son more than $ 330,000 for a no - show job.

Unfortunately the report made it clear that arms company and establishment interests had made their way into the heart of the inquiry.

The UK must put human rights at the heart of its policy towards Saudi Arabia, not the interests of the arms companies.

The pair were convicted in 2015 for a corruption scheme in which the elder Skelos, 70, strong - armed companies into hiring his son Adam, 35, for no - show jobs.

The Skeloses were convicted in December of bribery, corruption and conspiracy after prosecutors played tapes showing that the Long Island Republican strong - armed companies into paying Adam more than $ 330,000.

Tying together three weeks of testimony and dozens of subpoenaed documents and secretly recorded phone calls, prosecutors described Tuesday how former state senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos turned his powerful office into a cash cow, allegedly strong - arming companies into paying his son Adam for doing little or no work.

Skelos earlier told the judge he was motivated by a father's love when he strong - armed companies into giving work to his son.

WHEREAS, Remington Arms Company is a major employer in Upstate New York, and a significant manufacturing success story in recent years; and a company which the Herkimer County Legislature has been proud to support, and will continue to support; now, therefore, be it

Dean, 67, and Adam Skelos, 33, were accused of using the former majority leader's powerful position to strong - arm a company and a developer with business in Albany to put the younger Skelos to work.

In Winchester an improbably cast Helen Mirren plays the ageing matriarch of an arms company who is convinced that her sprawling mansion is haunted by those killed by its wares.

Kojima explains that the design team worked hard to come up with the logos and marks of the Arm Companies.

Today, Koh Kojima posted three messages on the official Xenoblade Chronicles X twitter account, in order to talk about the Arm Companies.

He's come to the vast eponymous estate at the behest of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company to assess the psychological state of the heiress (Helen Mirren), whose ongoing pet project — and her habit of roaming the twisting halls at all hours and in all black, like an apparition herself — has left the board concerned about her well - being, or perhaps just salivating at the opportunity to wrest away her 50 - percent stake in the company.

The film takes place in the year 1906, as one Dr. Eric Price (Clarke) is called on by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company to conduct a medical examination of Sarah Lockwood Winchester (Mirren), and determine whether or not she is of a sound state of mind.

Of course, in the eyes of the attorneys for the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, he's the best candidate to assess whether or not the majority shareholder in the company is mentally fit to retain her control.

It's 1906 when a San Francisco psychologist, the grieving, opium - addicted Dr. Eric Price (Jason Clarke), is employed by the board of directors of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, who feel Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren) needs a psychological assessment in order for her to keep the fortune she has inherited.

Its owner, Sarah Winchester — the widow of a firearm manufacturer and heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company — turned her residence into a Victorian mansion of sprawling, labyrinthine architectural wonder with more than a hundred rooms, secret passageways, and doors and staircases that lead to nowhere.

Rather, this Winchester centers on the heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (Helen Mirren), who believes she has been cursed by the victims of the guns her family has sold over the years.

As a widow, Sarah Winchester has inherited majority share of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

For reasons beyond understanding, Ford management let Swedish management stiff - arm the company for years on that plan.