Sentences with phrase «arm tactics»

Strong - arm tactics didn't work for the fish industry.

The strong - arm tactics put politicians in a tough spot.

Moi was a master of exploiting fault lines in Kenyan politics, as highlighted by the strong - arm tactics of Youth For KANU ’92 in the Rift Valley, which helped him record 67 % in the province in the 1992 presidential elections.

They employed strong arm tactics against retail vendors, forcing the vendors to be exclusive outlets for their products.

It is a question raised by the Gospel story of the cleansing of the temple, in which Jesus uses strong - arm tactics on merchants and money changers.

In the statement titled: «God, Heal Our Land», Afenifere in Ekiti said the scarcity of fuel unleashed on the citizenry by the governor's face - off with petrol marketers could have been resolved by dialogue and not resort to strong arm tactics which culminated in destruction of some filling stations by suspected thugs.

This was the high point of a political career which was low - key but generally successful; though she endured controversies over select committee membership and over allegations of strong arm tactics with Labour dissenters over military action in Afghanistan.

The film in question is The Post, a film Spielberg made remarkably quickly presumably in reaction to the Trump administration's attacks on the press (he wasn't hired to direct until March of this year and the film has a limited release on December 22), takes on the true story of the Washington Post's fight to publish the Pentagon Papers in 1971 as a reaction to Richard Nixon's strong arm tactics over the New York Times» publishing of the same information.

The story follows two policemen, Gibson and Vaughn, who get suspended when a video of their strong - arming tactics gets leaked.

Amazon regularly employs strong arm tactics when negotiating better book deals from publishers.

The standard response to Kindle Unlimited, and most of Amazon's other moves — including its repeated attempts to force publishers to reduce the prices of their e-books, occasionally through strong - arm tactics like its blockade of Hachette titles — is to complain that the company is devaluing the book, or book writing.

[2] Similar political strong - arm tactics also hobbled the Soviet nuclear physics program, requiring Soviet scientists to follow only theories that had the Communist Party's blessing.

These strong arm tactics even have an appropriate name: SLAPP or strategic lawsuit against public participation.

On a list containing the top ten best auto insurance companies in the U.S. based on affordability, value of services, and quality of customer service, State Farm ranks third, with still some customers complaining of long wait times for reimbursement, and others reporting strong - arm tactics by agents trying to evade payouts.

Council members, who have been on an independent streak since electing Corey Johnson as their speaker in January, said that same logic should apply to the mayor's strong - arm tactics against them.

Now, I think there is a possible explanation that Gov. Jindal is ticked off at the Obama administration for their strong - arm tactics in trying to stymie the state's voucher program and he's using the Common Core as a platform to continue fighting back against them.

The impression a dispassionate observer would have from the failure of security and law enforcement during the Bayelsa election (which was conducted in Nigeria's smallest state with the lowest number of registered voters) would be that the federal government permitted or condoned the strong - arm tactics of the ruling party's candidate in his ultimately vain effort to secure that state's rulership by force.

When the Deepwater Wind contract was approved by the state government in 2010, ratepayers on the mainland, the state's attorney general and the environmental group Conservation Law Foundation all sued, citing the high cost and alleged strong arm tactics employed to get the project approved.

Now China is using strong - arm tactics to make life hard for multinationals.

Cleaning up is a good thing, but the timing smacks of strong - arm tactics.

My experience and observation is that the church is a safe haven for abuse, manipulation, control, bullying, and strong - armed tactics that chew people up and spit them out, leaving countless voiceless victims in its wake.

But the opposition is struggling to regain its footing in the face of the government's strong - armed tactics and the re-emergence of old, internal divisions.

Russia tried to outlaw religion and failed even with the harshest strong arm tactics.

They both rely on strong arm tactics...

What we see is certain teams using «strong arm tactics» against us as a leveller.

Trump reportedly shocked NATO leaders at a private dinner in Brussels with strong - arm tactics and off - script gripes that they aren't spending enough to support the alliance.

He said Cuomo briefly impounded money due NYRA from Aqueduct's casino in 2012 as a strong - arm tactic to make NYRA accept state control of its board.

The report suggests that Germany has been enjoying a sweetheart deal with Gazprom, gaining a competitive advantage in gas costs at the expense of fellow EU economies and leaving front line states at the mercy of Moscow's strong - arm tactics.

Looks like 3 more years of strong arm tactics, wasted money on commercials, and raises for union reps... all at the expense of students!

It's not a strong arm tactic.

It will be interesting to see the BBC's response - «David Cameron came under fire today for employing unpatriotic, petty criminals - cum - anarchistic terrorists in his front bench team...» I am increasingly perplexed that a Labour Party, which when in opposition was always first to criticise the Thatcher Govt's for strong arm tactics that restricted freedom of speach, is becoming so dictatorial in office.

Attorney William McGinley says Friday that federal prosecutors intend to charge his client after more than two years of investigation plagued by «malicious leaks, violations of grand jury secrecy, and strong - arm tactics.»

These strong - arm tactics have at least allowed the heads of state to take their turns at the podium and hold forth on their personal commitment to sustainable development.

The Governor should stop blaming workers for every situation and knock off the strong - arm tactics.

Taub appeared uneasy with Molo's suggestion that prosecutors had used strong - arm tactics.

Is Supervisor Gromack now so desperate to avoid these questions from being answered by an independent and open investigation of the procedures being followed by the Town Attorney's office that he must employ acampaign of derogation against three citizens and their law firm while using strong - arm tactics against a fellow Town Supervisor?

The letter may have seemed like an uncharacteristically gentle nudge from the governor, who is usually known more for strong - arm tactics than coaxing.

Politicians and their staff members pored over the 43 - page complaint — an often titillating document that included references to burner phones, secretly taped conversations and strong - arm tactics that were on display even during the wake of a slain police officer.

Their strong - arm tactics were worse than any tactics employed by the tobacco industry and they worked.

Republicans had little faith that the Obama administration would abandon its strong - arm tactics and let Congress settle these questions by legislation.

State representative Sean Williams, however, says that for the AFT, strong - arm tactics are par for the course.

Alliance claims the union has actually used strong - arm tactics to harass many teachers at the school who have not agreed to join the union.

The writing was on the wall as recently as 2 a.m. this morning, and an open letter from Macmillan CEO John Sargent has confirmed everything we suspected: Macmillan books were pulled from Amazon store as part of a strong - arm tactic in the coming eBook price war.

While publishers were guilty of providing two - tiered discounts, there was reason to believe that the chain stores were using strong - arm tactics to demand these discounts of larger publishers.

But so did Macmillan's strong arm tactics, and there are readers who pay attention to those too.

These publishers are now very worried that Amazon will employ the same strong - arm tactics they did with publishers to get eBooks at rock bottom prices.

Publishers are worried that Amazon may employ strong arm tactics to get lower rates on graphic novels and single issue comics.