Sentences with phrase «thinly veiled threats»

«Some of the emails make thinly veiled threats of violence against me and even my family, and law enforcement authorities have been made aware of the matter,» he told the Guardian.

Back in 2009, Van Roekel, stating that «opposition to vouchers is a top priority for NEA,» wrote every Democratic member of Congress with thinly veiled threats, warning them not to support the popular D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.

Furthermore, this is nothing more than thinly veiled threats, if you need to result in trying to peddle fear, the likelihood that you have anything worthwhile to say is slim to none.

-- a thinly veiled threat to withdraw.

A thinly veiled threat that we can expect more rough treatment from the Stoke players, just as their midfield enforcer Steven N'Zonzi made no secret of what their tactics against Arsenal will be.

Cameron made his thinly veiled threat on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, when he said he was «entitled» and «enabled» to seek a repatriation of powers when other EU countries sought treaty change to make the single currency work more effectively.

They came with a thinly veiled threat — the regulator also announced it renewed the licences of most providers for just one year, rather than the usual seven.

It also suggested that it took the assessor's suggestion that it would seek an increase in the assessment as a thinly veiled threat to discourage the owner from continuing with its appeal.

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There is also the matter of the thinly veiled (if at all) threat that regulators were looking closely at codifying their stances on cryptocurrency.

Nice to see the peace - loving muslims making thinly - veiled threats already.

Her witness avoids triumphalism, hawking someone else's conclusions, packaged answers to unasked questions, thinly veiled ultimatums and threats of hell, and assumptions of certainty on theological matters.

Speaking to the official Formula 1 website Marko said that such an engine would be important to the sports future, and also issued a thinly - veiled quit threat:

«I'm sick and tired of the anonymous phone calls, the push - polling, the half - truths and the thinly - veiled threats directed at my supporters,» Liedka said in a press release.

Liedka said he had been hoping to run a positive campaign but feels the need to respond to «anonymous phone calls, the push - polling, the half - truths and the thinly - veiled threats directed at my supporters,» adding: «I'm nobody's punching bag.»

After another torrid week for the Labour leader, which saw him suffer dire personal poll ratings and thinly veiled criticism from senior figures including Lord Mandelson, Kinnock said part of the reason the rightwing press was going for Miliband was because it knew he was bold and a threat to Tory victory hopes.

Furthermore, he concluded by leveling this thinly - veiled threat, «I can make your lives disappear with a stroke of my pen.»