Sentences with phrase «arm tactics of»

But, they are compliant victims of the strong - arm tactics of the upper crust elites who operate behind closed doors in pursuit of promoting what «they» believe to be what is best for, in ascending order of importance, registrants, consumers, and, most important, themselves / CREA.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

Amazon earned itself something of a public relations black eye as a result of the strong - arm negotiating tactics, causing a backlash among authors, many of whom backed a boycott of the online retailer that was led by television host Stephen Colbert.

But in their rush to save Christianity, some evangelicals have been guilty of all sorts of strained, idiosyncratic or obscurantist tactics: massaging or distorting the data, manipulating the legal system, scaring their constituencies and strong - arming those of their own camp who raise questions.

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.

All he brings is lack of motivation, excuses aplenty, usually involving «biased» or incompetant refs, no obvious coaching or even any understanding whatever of the need for defence and hard running, an injury crisis every season, discontent among fans, slavery to 70th minute subs, whether needed earlier or not, a belief in last millenium tactics (mostly indiscernable tactics), a love of waving his arms and shouting uselessly at the innocent fourth official (who does not make onfield decisions anyway!)

Many of these marketing tactics are used by Medela worldwide, and the information about the Family Larrson - Rosenquist Foundation's lack of arms length status is also important, since Medela has funded research to explore the use of stem cells in breastmilk as medicine.

Large scale «boots on the ground» intervention is off the table for a host of legal, fiscal and political reasons, and even the notion of arming the rebels is a tactic that has sparked widespread condemnation.

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.

Some experts have warned that offering to arm the rebels without first ensuring they would attend negotiations removed one of the key negotiating tactics available to British and American diplomats.

So, both countries have a history and tactics of harbouring armed opposition of another country.

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.

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.»

It added that the arm - twisting tactic was a panicky measure to divert attention from the criminal libel suit by the former governor against a member of the House, Dr Samuel Omotoso, and the governor's aide, Lere Olayinka, over allegations of fraud.

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 effect of this is that politicians resort to all manners of arm - twisting tactics to gain upper hands over their opponents.

Ironically, it was only last month that the mayor criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo for engaging in a similar pressure tactic, when he allegedly twisted the arms of elected officials in a bid to have them skip an anti-Cuomo rally.

Johnson said she is also bearing the brunt of Rangel's strong - arm political 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?

Instead, it has encouraged the President to fall back on military tactics, which are antithetical to democracy and the result is resistance from the other arms of government and critical stakeholders.

New infantry - style tactics of concealment and ambush by armed park rangers are credited with turning the tide in the war against poachers of the endangered rhino on one front, in South Africa's Madikwe Game Reserve.

This was a time when high - jacking the controller or punching the arm of an unsuspecting sibling or friend was a steadfast tactic for victory.

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

Even the pretty conservative editor Walt Rubel of the Las Cruces Sun News agrees that the «PED [is using extreme] Strong - Arm [aka bullying] Tactics Against [the] Local School Board.»

Advocates of teacher - training programs say one reason for the relatively high dropout rate is the traditional teacher education, which they say relies too heavily on classroom theory instead of arming newcomers with practical tactics to cope with a packed classroom of students with divergent abilities, language barriers or difficulty sitting still for 30 minutes.

Weingarten's tales of nothingness are a tactic she employs with her own members, but you would think five reporters would be able to twist her arm until they came up with some news — even if they are yoga arms.

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.

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.

And on the other side are our «trad scribes,» the traditionally published authors who say that Hachette's writers and readers are innocent victims of Amazonian strong - arm tactics.

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Shadow Tactics starts of with an attack on Osaka Castle, which is destroyed in a siege by an armed force.

Games in the collection include Total Annihilation, the original that begins the struggle between the two major factions of the ARM and the CORE, Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics (100 quick scenarios) and Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency expansion.

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This comes in handy if you want to send your men into the frontlines of battle armed with light machine guns to absorb the attention and gunfire of your enemies (this was the preferred tactic of one of the game developers present).

But tactics aren't quite that open and shut thanks to a massive range of unlockable ARMS — that's not just the name of the game, but also the name of your weaponised fists.

Nevertheless, the older, more organised arm of denialism has been emboldened and has begun to use more risky tactics, including black operations.

George Bellas, in association with Clifford Law Offices, filed a series of class actions against several not - for - profit hospitals alleging that these not - for - profits violate their tax exempt status by overcharging uninsured and indigent patients and then employing strong - arm tactics to collect from the indigent and uninsured, driving many people into bankruptcy.

In addition to these strong - arm tactics, many Canadian politicians and lawyers have until now been reluctant to advocate for these types of suspects due to their controversial profile.

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.

The good news is, you're going to listen to this show and it's going to make you laugh about this stressful time of year, while arming you with invaluable tactics for coping with stress...

But I also find the strong arm tactics you guys use to steal an extra 2.5 % out of the independent buyer equally unethical.