The crowd was 300 strong, armed with signs and boom boxes.
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No doubt the superpower would defeat Venezuela's 130,000-strong armed forces.
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Tanzanian businessmen have been strong-armed into surrendering assets to the state.
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But they suggest perhaps Mueller strong-armed him into making that admission.
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Under Putin, they were co-opted, marginalized, or strong-armed into obedience.
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These were the product of needless strong-armed tactics to silence dissent.
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Network neutrality: This is something President Obama strong-armed through the FCC.
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Is it finally becoming a good neighbor in the cities it's strong-armed?
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According to Bowman, she was strong-armed into signing a gag order afterward.
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Burundians are also being strong-armed into building offices for the ruling party.
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A tall, strong-armed quarterback out of California, Webb showed flashes of potential.
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McGregor was arrested on charges of felony strong-armed robbery and criminal mischief.
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Weissmann also has a very deeply troubling history of using strong-armed prosecutorial tactics.
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Vucic said Serbia's own 28,000-strong armed forces also needed new weaponry and modernisation.
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Klarman argues that the Federalists essentially cheated and strong-armed their way to ratification.
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Bronny tried to evade a hug, but James strong-armed him into an embrace.
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I mean, he was strong armed according to the sources that I have spoken to.
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"He strong-armed me in a real way," the "Species"&apos actress told the Times.
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But precious few of the 70,000-strong armed forces are anywhere near the disaster region.
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I asked Costello whether the House leadership strong-armed members into voting with the President.
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PopSockets says Amazon strong-armed it into unfavorable terms for selling its ubiquitous phone grips.
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In 1956, with his hotel closed for the winter, Bernie is strong-armed by Gen.
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It says those protections would ensure that distributors can't be strong-armed into unfair deals.
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Last Friday, a six-strong armed gang rushed a boxing weigh-in at Dublin's Regency Hotel.
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China's leader, Xi Jinping, says his "Chinese dream" includes a "dream of a strong armed forces".
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The docs also claim the now-jailed Abby strong-armed Ziegler and her fam into it.
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Also Pence strong-armed a right-to-work bill in Indiana that has alienated union workers.
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Some designers had to be strong-armed into lending performers free gowns, but not Mr. Kors.
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But it is understandably loth to be strong-armed out of the business by Mr Alix.
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The President may suddenly find a more cooperative Mexico -- strong-armed by his tariff threats -- more pleasing.
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Which is something our culture (caterwaulers aside) is only recently being strong-armed into trying to fix.
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According to Deadline, there were rumors that the estate strong-armed the company into dropping the movie.
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He was paired with the strong-armed catcher Rene Rivera during the season because of that issue.
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Mr. Madsen, who is Mormon, said he thought he was being strong-armed into supporting Mr. Trump.
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President Mauricio Macri pledged to improve the 26,000-strong armed forces' capabilities during his campaign in 2015.
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"We're lucky [that] we're not in a position where we can be strong-armed," Barnett told Recode.
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Google has strong-armed manufacturers and carriers into letting it push critical security patches out more quickly.
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Bee has been strong-armed into apologizing for a rhetorical flourish of which Chaucer would have been proud.
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Erdogan has taken strong-armed control of the military, the courts, the media and, most recently, the internet.
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"I kind of walked away impressed that I didn't get strong-armed or anything like that," Marley said.
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Perez finally corralled the ball and threw on a hop to Brandon Crawford, San Francisco's strong-armed shortstop.
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The New York Times said he "strong-armed" the city council into letting him have a third term.
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Republicans strong-armed the biggest tax cuts in decades through Congress at the end of last year, for example.
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It's bad timing for Scott, whose agent and editor have strong-armed him into doing his first book reading.
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The strong armed, charismatic leader has become a one-man highlight reel with his no0look passes and scrambling wizardry.
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" Also like Reagan, he extolled the need for strong armed forces: "Nobody's going to mess with us folks. Nobody.
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There was a video we didn't want to make and we were more or less strong-armed into it.
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A man who strong-armed votes might be feared as a fixer; she was sneered at as a freak.
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But Cespedes, the Mets' strong-armed left fielder, took his time unloading a throw that was slightly off line.
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Hundreds of people probably died in election violence, though the government strong-armed media outlets into playing down the problem.
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As someone who has strong-armed anxiety for the better part of her time on earth, I know the drill.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb has charmed and strong-armed lawmakers around the world to allow it to operate in their communities.
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The man just strong-armed a governor with a blatant lie, and no one was remotely bothered by his tactics?
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Potential customers have complained and even filed lawsuits against what they describe as "strong-armed" sales tactics by solar representatives.
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Merrill Lynch might have failed, too, if BankAmerica had not been strong-armed by the U.S. Treasury into acquiring it.
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It isn't a disagreement over whether or not President Trump strong-armed Ukraine into investigating one of his political opponents.
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Germany essentially strong-armed the president into appointing a cabinet of technocrats led by Mario Monti, a former European commissioner.
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Organizing "Posing Modernity" took persistence: When Ms. Murrell ran into roadblocks, she found funders and strong-armed institutions for loans.
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In the never-ending tug-of-war between growth and value investing, growth has lately been the strong-armed winner.
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A place where gamers can play without being hounded by ads or strong-armed into spending on in-app purchases.
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I strong-armed a colleague into doing blood work, an ultrasound, and a semen analysis after seven months of trying.
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The generals then strong-armed the press and television to back Mr Khan, while shutting off that oxygen for Mr Sharif.
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According to docs, the judge is leaning toward tossing Chyna's claim Kris Jenner and some of her daughters strong-armed E!
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Both De Havilland and Kesha were severely inhibited by their respective industries: While De Havilland was strong-armed into Warner Bros.
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"We were strong-armed, we were misled, we were kept at arm's length, we couldn't do our jobs effectively," she said.
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Bloomberg strong-armed his way into the Democratic primary with an unprecedentedly massive ad spending campaign that raised his profile nationally.
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Both voted against taking up the healthcare bill and have signaled they won't be strong-armed by the administration or leadership.
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But the group devolved into a cult of personality with an increasingly strong-armed leader who ruled by intimidation — and then violence.
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Start-ups' fears of being strong-armed to focus on short-term profits is one reason some are opting to stay private.
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The apparent tragedy has started a debate about the role of Argentina's 105,000-strong armed forces and the money spent on them.
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Foreign ministry spokesman William Castillo said at the time that just 109 of the 280,000-strong armed forces had deserted under Maduro.
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Even when these policies are not in place, retailers can nonetheless be strong-armed into lowering prices on these types of labels.
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That news surfaced last week, amid rumors that Apple may have strong-armed SoftBank to pull out from backing Rubin's fledgling firm.
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I guess there has been a truce since President Obama strong-armed FCC Commissioner Tom Wheeler into network neutrality two years ago.
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As well as botching the aid, she is widely thought to have strong-armed Michel Martelly, the unloved former leader, into office.
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While adding a strong-armed partner should help a lot, Hopkins also went out of his way to praise Osweiler's leadership skills.
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At the Munich conference in September 1938, the British and French leaders strong-armed the Czechs to give in to German demands.
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Or the fact that Bezos and Amazon have already strong-armed Seattle over taxes (not to say anything about that HQ2 mess).
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When the standard digital transaction is 'your data for the service' then users are effectively being strong-armed into blindly clicking 'I agree'.
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The paramilitary commander is said to be one of the richest men in Sudan, having strong-armed his way into the gold business.
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Instead, Obama seized the center, and many Republican members had to be strong-armed into uniform opposition—including to the Affordable Care Act.
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The moves left the Broncos with a quarterback of the future — Lynch, strong-armed and mobile — but without an overwhelming option for Sept.
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Initially surprised, Stanton glanced up at the seats and gave the strong-armed fan — who was ejected from the game — a small salute.
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QB: Cardale Jones, the strong-armed former Buckeye who was drafted by the Bills in the 4th round of the 2016 NFL draft.
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But until recently, the kingdom's leaders have balanced strong-armed tactics with efforts to accommodate community leaders, seeking to minimize the dangers of sectarianism.
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Some believe that Microsoft might co-opt their codes for future products or that they'll be strong-armed into exclusively using the company's products.
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" After the treatment of Garland, "I think that many of my Republican colleagues are deeply embarrassed by being strong-armed into ignoring their responsibilities.
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That slip is widely seen as the reason Uber investors strong-armed CEO Travis Kalanick out of his role as CEO on Tuesday night.
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But when commissioners he appointed began to look at potential wrongdoing in his own administration, Cuomo strong-armed the panel before abruptly disbanding it.
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This month, he strong-armed the cafeteria's caterers into letting the students back into the cafeteria, where they ate their sandwiches at separate tables.
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One Los Angeles studio owner said he was "basically strong-armed" into trying out SmartTools on a trial basis and came to the same conclusion.
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Tony LaRussa and Jerry Reinsdorf strong-armed a committee of 16 people into voting in a really nice guy who was pretty good at baseball.
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Non-euro-zone economies can assert their interests, thanks to a mechanism that delays an agreement if they fear being strong-armed by Europe's core.
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Despite the background, this is far from Alibaba being strong-armed into an investment, a deal with Grab makes plenty of sense for the firm.
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And based on his past comments, it doesn't seem all that likely he was strong-armed by his wife into defecting from the royal family.
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"We will not be strong-armed, we will not be bullied by a bigger government like Saudi Arabia and the UAE," the Qatari spokesman said.
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The biggest climbdown of all has been the Chequers plan of July, when Prime Minister Theresa May strong-armed her Cabinet into backing a softer Brexit.
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The strong-armed newcomer, whoever he is, will be vaunted as a savior, and that narrative will hold for as long as Boston remains in it.
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We saw them when President Clinton was in office, attacking the President for his strong-armed response to white extremist groups and the Oklahoma City bombing.
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The handouts that cities and states have been strong-armed into giving to corporations over the past few decades are a terrible bit of economic policy.
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And at a certain point in this 100-minute production, the plot that brings its two characters into convergence takes over with increasing, strong-armed clumsiness.
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At one point I nearly strong armed my way into having a Steven Tyler impersonator come in to sing a three second vocal part in the bridge.
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The details: Trump spoke to Saudi officials Wednesday about the disappearance of Khashoggi, but has not strong-armed the Saudi government for more information on the matter.
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Zelensky on Tuesday insisted that he cannot be pressured by any foreign leader, attempting to dismiss the notion that Trump had strong-armed him regarding the Bidens.
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They also concluded the FBI interviewed none of the potential witnesses, throwing new scrutiny on White House officials and Republicans who strong armed his confirmation last year.
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In the years that followed the left-wing tribune and his authoritarian successor, Nicolás Maduro, purged PDVSA's professional staff, strong-armed its international partners and raided its coffers.
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His list of writers was all-white and almost all male—inevitably, as he refused to be strong-armed into picking "rudimentary" African-Americans or "sadly inadequate" women.
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While a shadow of its former self, with machines having long ago replaced many of the strong-armed stevedores and longshoremen, there are still about 4,000 dock workers.
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Mr. Giegold said in a statement Wednesday that other Italian banks last year were strong-armed into providing Banca Carige with fresh capital, which proved to be inadequate.
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But as 2009 approached, Bloomberg — who had called a previous bid to undo term limits "an outrage" — strong-armed the City Council to allow him a third term.
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Len Kachinsky appeared on "TMZ Live" Tuesday and had a hard time explaining why his PI strong-armed his 16-year-old client into signing a murder confession.
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It strong-armed most of Argentina's creditors to accept a deep discount in the value of their bonds, repaid the IMF early and boasted a string of budget surpluses.
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Though he&aposs scored three touchdowns, the 32-year-old receiver was obviously looking to do more as part of an offense run by strong-armed quarterback Joe Flacco.
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There's a no-nonsense air about them, the kind that can make someone think they are being strong-armed into a record deal, even if that wasn't the intent.
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The trade war has accelerated China's food push, endangering the AmazonRecall that the trade war began over theft, espionage, and strong-armed commercial practices on behalf of the Chinese.
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That opened a rift in a normally collegial Governing Council -- conservative policymakers felt they had been strong-armed into a scheme that will be difficult to manage and exit.
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On migration, meanwhile, the Trump administration successfully strong armed outgoing President Jimmy Morales into an agreement under which Guatemala would serve as a "safe third country" for asylum seekers.
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Orange is the New Black Caputo was strong-armed into hiring new guards in Season 4, and even though he's the new warden he's pretty miffed by the staffing shakeup.
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Xi has shaken up the commission and military since assuming power late in 19843 as he roots out corruption and streamlines the 2 million-strong armed forces, the world's largest.
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Support for him among the 500,000-strong armed forces was so strong that the army chief at the time told foreign ambassadors that he was unable to issue a condemnation.
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In short, we now accept everyone who applies to the school, and professors and administrators have been strong-armed into passing almost everyone, regardless of how shoddy their work is.
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But then they try to log in … and they find that they can't log in due to a security protocol change Google strong-armed onto the internet a decade ago.
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"African American franchisees were disparately strong-armed, driving them out of the system in record numbers, and damaging them by the loss of equity in their businesses," the lawsuit claims.
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He strong-armed foreign energy companies to share more profits with the state, investing the proceeds in education and health care while rewriting the country's Constitution to speed his reforms.
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But essentially, the complaint was that Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue strong-armed major publishers into a pricing agreement that ended up causing e-book prices to spike overnight.
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The defensive-minded Seahawks (10-5-1), who have been to two of the last three Super Bowls, host the Lions (9-7) and their strong-armed quarterback Matthew Stafford.
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After the events of Hurricane Sandy, the company was strong-armed into implementing a nationwide surge capping agreement, but continued to argue that higher fares meant more drivers on the road.
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As with the campaign, his rhetoric went to dark, sometimes apocalyptic places, the places where his mix of strong-armed economic nationalism and tough law and order would be most needed.
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Le Monde newspaper said the government had strong-armed six reluctant banks - Societe Generale, Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas, Natixis, Credit Mutuel and HSBC - into extending the credit line, citing unidentified sources.
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The music industry tried to strong-arm a replacement for Napster in the market, just as it strong-armed gold records out of artists who had a single and nine demos.
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Whatever this local round achieves, with domestic players being strong armed into investing, international investors are still going to value this well below the expectations of (Crown Prince) Mohammed bin Salman.
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When women are strong-armed or intimidated out of their fair share of support in the aftermath of war or natural disaster, families and communities lose their primary channel for aid.
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After realizing his error and apologizing to the victims, Francis summoned all of Chile's 30-plus active bishops to the Vatican last May and strong-armed them into offering their resignations.
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Prosecutors had presented evidence that Mr. Cammarano and Mr. Zancocchio profited from a mob-controlled dump on Staten Island, overseeing underlings who strong-armed victims to exact payments and instill fear.
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Several penalties were later rescinded, partly because private emails that were released later as part of a lawsuit suggested that the N.C.A.A. had strong-armed the university into accepting the punishments.
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For all his previous strong-armed passing feats, Elway was not able to wear the NFL crown until the Broncos developed a dynamic ground game with Terrell Davis to make them complete.
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In fact, Level 220 was caught in the middle of the controversy when Comcast strong-armed Netflix into paying a fee so that its customers could watch movies without stuttering or buffering.
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The man who pretended to be Justin Bieber, trolling the Internet looking for the singer's fans and strong-armed one of them to send nudes, will spend some serious time behind bars.
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General managers (and coaches) always sell themselves on the ceiling of a strong-armed quarterback, and while Flacco's arm isn't quite the howitzer it used to be, it's not Keenum's pop-gun.
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And, second, the re-creation of fiscal discipline decidedly is not a goal consistent with the cram-down approach; if current creditors can be strong-armed, why not future ones as well?
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No one makes that clearer than Mr. Weinstein, who stands accused of corrupting the artistic process to take advantage of women even as he has strong-armed his films to Oscar gold.
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But critics say Mr. McConnell's acquiescence — he even strong-armed Senate rule changes to ease the president's nominations to confirmation — has only encouraged Mr. Trump to go further out of the mainstream.
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As combat heated up in 1964, Hastings relates, Communist operatives strong-armed growing numbers of South Vietnamese peasants into the guerrilla force fighting to overthrow the United States-backed government in Saigon.
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Conflict of a more cosmic kind animates "Saint Joan," Shaw's 1923 play about (among other things) a visionary female who finds herself sidelined and even strong-armed by men at every turn.
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Mr. Trudeau has repeatedly denied that anyone strong-armed Ms. Wilson-Raybould, saying the government was concerned that a criminal conviction for the company would put thousands of Canadian jobs at risk.
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Faced with loss of influence from Brexit and a strained relationship with America, Britain needs strong armed forces to make clear its global ambition and willingness to help uphold the rickety international order.
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Between its unending cool-kid collaborations with Opening Ceremony and brilliantly riding the coattails of the nostalgic trend, the SoCal skater brand has strong armed its way towards becoming a fashion world darling.
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While often derided by opera purists for collaborating with pop musicians, Pavarotti famously strong-armed U2, at the height of the band's popularity, into writing and performing the song, "Miss Sarajevo" in 1995.
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When Turkey's autocratic president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, strong-armed his country's electoral watchdog into annulling the result of a mayoral election his party had lost in March, it looked like an obvious blunder.
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Kevin Hart's excitement over the Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl LII victory was truly unmatched on Sunday night — and got him kicked off a postgame broadcast and strong-armed away from the trophy stage.
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To offset the loss of Price, Toronto expect young starter Marcus Stroman to return from injury to pick up the slack and strong-armed young Aaron Sanchez might join him in the rotation.
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The provision of essential services to the most vulnerable, including children and the elderly, is non-negotiable and we will not accept being strong-armed by a small group who refuses to compromise.
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Kansas City's offense may be fairly inconsistent as Patrick Mahomes gets used to the starting quarterback job, but the strong-armed Mahomes should not have to worry about overthrowing many players this year.
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He has already faced criticism from some in the Afghan public, and accusations of being strong-armed by the United States into securing the release of two Westerners ahead of other Afghan priorities.
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Not to be strong armed by unions to fund causes to offend core values, and the majority upheld the president&aposs statutory authority to control immigration for national security in the travel ban case.
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Why this matters: This deal has been in the making for several months and shows how Voce Capital Management, an activist hedge fund, strong-armed Air Methods to get pretty much everything it wanted.
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The YPG is the 30,000-strong armed wing of the PYD, the main Kurdish political actor in Syria, and receives backing from the United States as a key partner in the fight against ISIS.
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According to state broadcaster TRT, Erdogan told reporters Friday that he had no doubt the Party for Democratic Unity, or PYD, or its 30,000-strong armed wing, the YPG, were behind the Ankara attacks.
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Most outside of Washington forget how the Commission strong-armed the debates away from the League of Women Voters, which resurrected presidential debates in 1976 (none had been held since Kennedy-Nixon in 1960).
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And Marlinspike's verdict is that things are "playing out alright" in terms of how much user data can be strong-armed from the service at this point, even without a better fix for metadata.
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Special forces, who represent a small fraction of the 300,000-strong armed forces, have been carrying out nearly 70 percent of the army's offensive operations across the country, underlining Afghanistan's heavy reliance on them.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Strong-armed quarterback Brett Favre, an ironman at the position and a bold playmaker, headlined the eight-member Class of 2016 voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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Meanwhile M.G.M. unleashed a smear campaign: Pinkerton detectives subjected her to surveillance; pressured her doctor to falsely say she had gonorrhea; and strong-armed fellow dancers to sign statements tagging her a promiscuous drunk.
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Chinese sources describe a suffocating sense that—just as moderate prosperity comes within reach—a declining America now questions China's right to achieve that wealth, whether by building strong armed forces or developing advanced technology.
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The danger is that a significant part of this industry will be encouraged or even strong-armed by the UK's former EU partners to migrate to competitor financial cities such as Dublin, Paris and Frankfurt.
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So far this year around 450 people, including those employed in civilian roles, have left the 11,000-strong armed forces, according to the defense ministry, though it noted many had retired, died or changed jobs.
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In June he rounded up oil bosses from BP, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total, and strong-armed them to support "economically meaningful" carbon prices and disclose risks posed by climate change to their companies (see article).
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Jason Pollock, a documentary filmmaker who acquired the new tape, says the footage challenges the police narrative that Mr. Brown committed a strong-armed robbery when he returned to the store around noon that day.
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The Christian Social Union, the conservative party that has recently strong-armed Ms. Merkel into setting up "transit centers" for refugees at the German border, has made no secret of its dislike of Mr. Lilienthal.
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Failure could eventually threaten the very existence of Israel, according to experts, who say creating wealth is vital for funding strong armed forces in a country that has fought several wars with Arab neighbors since 1948.
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Protesters sought to obscure a promotion for a horse racing event called The Everest, after the state of New South Wales' government strong-armed its way into ensuring the projection on the building would take place.
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Megan Thee Stallion says certain execs at her record label have a rep for "bullying and strong-armed tactics," but she's taking a stand by taking them to court ... and she's already won a major battle.
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Failure could eventually threaten the very existence of Israel, according to experts, who say creating wealth is vital for funding strong armed forces in a country that has fought several wars with Arab neighbours since 1948.
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Bove has long been a defender of big banks, and he believes the process used against them was unfair in that they were strong-armed into taking settlement deals by a government bent on punishing the industry.
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Linda does say "The Notebook" director strong-armed her daughter, Heather Wahlquist, into giving Nick certain custody rights over 13-year-old daughter Barbie, and says she's worried sick he's going to take their child and run.
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While there is no firm data on departures from Venezuela's 120,000-strong armed forces, interviews with serving and former soldiers, as well as internal military documents indicate hundreds if not more have left in the last year.
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Morales has repeatedly denied allegations by the right-leaning opposition that he strong-armed the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) into giving him just enough votes in Sunday's election to avoid a riskier second-round election with Mesa.
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Erdoğan simply wasn't prepared to do that, so he strong-armed the country's Federal Election Council into declaring the results of the March Istanbul race (which İmamoğlu had won by a razor-thin margin) to be fraudulent.
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Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez, Democrat of Illinois, said Mr. Schumer and Ms. Pelosi need to forget about their Chinese dinner with the president and fall back on a strong-armed tactic — the threat of a government shutdown.
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They argue that letting the independent-minded lawmakers come to their own conclusion on impeachment without looking like they're being strong-armed by the White House will carry more weight with the GOP Conference — and the country.
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He had to be strong-armed into bringing a criminal justice overhaul to the floor despite backing from the president and the vast majority of Senate Republicans because of the objections of a handful of vocal conservatives.
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"Neomi Rao is unfit to serve for a lifetime on the federal bench, but Senate Republicans strong-armed members of their own party to confirm her anyway," said Alliance for Justice President Nan Aron in a statement.
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He had to be strong-armed into bringing a criminal justice overhaul to the floor despite backing from the president and the vast majority of Senate Republicans because of the objections of a handful of vocal conservatives.
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Writers are practically strong-armed into promoting their books on social media, taking in effusive praise and scathing criticism (or, in this volatile climate, near-hate speech.) The best editors' memoirs revive the magic without devolving into nostalgia.
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With all eyes on Davis at first, Jason Kipnis seemed almost like an afterthought, but Davis was still able to easily steal second off of Chapman, with the strong-armed Willson Contreras having no shot on the throw.
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It has 12 times the population, historic bonds with countries across the globe, strong armed forces, a more diversified economy and extensive trade links (44% of British exports go to the EU, against more than three-quarters of Norway's).
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Latin America has a long history of leaders who've strong-armed their way into power, and experts on the region have pointed to parallels between Trump and divisive, larger-than-life figures such as Chavez and Argentina's Juan Peron.
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He also believes the Obama administration — Biden specifically — strong armed the Ukrainian government to oust its prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin, while Shokin was investigating Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company whose board Biden's son sat on until recently.
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The biggest British companies have been asked to publicly back the government's approach to leaving the European Union, prompting anger among executives who say they will not be "strong-armed" by ministers, Sky News and The Financial Times reported.
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Leaders there will have to weigh the optics of looking as if they are being strong-armed into a Nafta deal, especially given Mr. Trump's unpopularity in Canada and a coming election for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada.
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Her Fenty Beauty line was backed by LVMH's beauty incubator Kendo, debuted with 40 foundation shades, and reportedly brought in more than $550 million in its first year of business and strong-armed the entire industry into taking diversity seriously.
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In fact, one of the greatest political stories of the 20th century is how Johnson, himself a former pro-segregation Southern Democrat, strong-armed Georgia's Richard Russell and other racist Southern Democrats to secure passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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Apollo and TPG had already secured the backing of senior creditors and hoped that the lower-level bondholders, which included big hedge funds like Appaloosa Management and Oaktree Capital Management, could eventually be persuaded or strong-armed into an agreement.
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A 2013 rules revision — similarly strong-armed through by Democrats — had already cleared the way for a Senate majority to confirm most presidential nominees on its own if it was simply willing to devote the time to clearing the procedural obstacles.
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This isn&apost the first time "Fortnite" has gone head-to-head with a tech giant to change its policies, in September last year it strong-armed Sony into abandoning its ban on cross-play between PlayStation and other consoles.
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Don't get it twisted -- Travis thinks it's terrible other UFC fighters got caught up in McGregor's window-smashin' madness ... but the blink-182 drummer says Conor HAD TO retaliate after his boy, Artem Lobov, got strong-armed by Khabib's team.
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But the report is likely to bolster critics who say that, in its zeal to protect the banking system, the bank has strong-armed political leaders not only in Ireland but also in other countries hit by crisis, like Greece and Cyprus.
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Evan may have been strong-armed into being conservative, but because the nature of this IPO is so unusual, it would be a very bold (and borderline irresponsible) move to start at the top end under assumptions of what investors are seeking.
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Venema also speculates that Google could be strong-armed by intelligence agencies to serve a "specially modified update or version of Signal to specific targets for surveillance" — arguing it's therefore "strongly preferable to run a secure messaging client on a more secure platform".
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For Democrats on the ballot in many of the states that President Trump carried, the fresh government shutdown is unmistakably perilous, especially if it is seen as a strong-armed move to protect undocumented immigrants brought to this country illegally as children.
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On Pro Basketball It would be an unfair assessment to say that Carmelo Anthony failed to achieve some of what he set out to do when he strong-armed his way to New York in February 2011, six and a half seasons ago.
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"This trial is necessary because President Trump gravely abused the power of his office when he strong-armed a foreign government to announce investigations into his domestic political rival," Mr. Nadler said during a brief debate on the House floor before the vote.
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In July, President Trump strong-armed President Jimmy Morales of neighboring Guatemala into designating Guatemala as a "safe third country" for thousands of refugees, who under the terms of the agreement must petition for asylum there instead of continuing their journey northward.
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While many strong-armed employees have carried trays of bottled artesian water in Hollywood before, few can match the passion and the intensity of one promotional staffer for FIJI Water, who managed to photobomb relentlessly during the award ceremony's red carpet event on Sunday.
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Mr. Bharara returned the favor from his seat in the second row, behind a group of Cuomo administration veterans that included Lawrence S. Schwartz, the former secretary to the governor, whose strong-armed interactions with the Moreland panel were documented by The New York Times.
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After drafting big-armed, athletic Josh Allen No. 7 overall and trading away big-armed, athletic 323 starter Tyrod Taylor, the less-athletic, not-as-strong-armed Peterman finished third in a three-way competition with Allen and longtime Cincinnati Bengals No. 2 A.J. McCarron.
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On the diplomatic front, the Trump administration in late July strong-armed the Guatemalan government—the top sending country for families this year—into accepting a "safe third country agreement" in which migrants who passed through Guatemala would be required to first seek asylum there.
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Mr. Trump has strong-armed Carrier and Ford Motor into altering plans to shift production from American factories to Mexico, cashing in on photo opportunities that allow him to claim he is engineering a renaissance in industrial America, even as the big picture remains unchanged.
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Some lawyers have described the process as a runaway train: When crime was high, police officers, under pressure, often strong-armed witnesses into identifying defendants; prosecutors were focused on securing convictions; and judges were reluctant to upend the trials of defendants who might be guilty.
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Rous, an Apartheid sympathizer, had spent much of his energy during his 13 years in charge trying to arrange for South Africa's all-white team to be allowed to compete internationally, before finally being strong-armed by the other African federations into dropping his pet project.
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At least 5 Muslims were sent packing back to Yemen early Sunday morning from LAX, after Customs and Border Protection officials strong-armed them into signing a document to essentially wave the white flag and agree to go back to their homeland ... this according to the ACLU.
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And it was Brown who, when a theater producer wanted to translate Gorey's modest Cape Cod production of "Dracula" to Broadway, strong-armed Ted into agreeing, exacting a huge advance plus "points" (that is, a percentage of the profits) and thereby making him financially secure for life.
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They say they recognize that Senate Republicans, led by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, have strong-armed two Trump appointees — Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh — onto the Supreme Court after blocking President Obama's nomination of Judge Garland for almost a year.
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He insists that, in spring 2016, he strong-armed Ukraine to fire its chief prosecutor solely because Biden believed that official was corrupt and inept, not because the Ukrainian was investigating a natural gas company, Burisma Holdings, that hired Biden's son, Hunter, into a lucrative job.
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There was talk in recent days that Republicans could try to overturn key decisions of the parliamentarian, through a strong-armed majority vote — the same way Senate Democrats ended the filibuster for most judges and presidential appointees, and Republicans then ended it for Supreme Court justices.
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Davis Webb, a raw but strong-armed passer out of California who was taken in the third round on Friday night, will have every move scrutinized as the Giants try to determine whether he can succeed Manning, 36, who has three years remaining on his contract.
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Online, many of the comments were sympathetic ("This is TV Gold!" said one), while others said that Professor Kelly had "strong armed" one of the children when reached behind him to repel her advance, all while keeping his eye contact with the camera and continuing to speak.
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This led to a very uncomfortable back-and-forth in which Olivia and Jubilee fought over Ben while Ben looked like he wanted to crawl into a hole and die, but Olivia eventually strong-armed Ben into being her partner for the day, forcing Jubilee to back down.
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Jerry Brown, California's govenor and a stalwart supporter of the high-speed train, strong-armed the legislature in Sacramento into allocating it 25% of the state's annual "cap and trade" proceeds from auctioning off carbon credits to big polluters, which are currently worth around $21970 billion a year.
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Seeing as how the former president of Mexico has already made it clear to Trump that the country won't just "pay for that fucking wall," the Donald has hatched a strong-armed business scheme that might have come straight from the pages of The Art of the Deal.
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Although the young opposition leader was accompanied at a rally in Caracas on Tuesday by several dozen armed troops, it did not immediately appear that he had won much support from the country's 200,000-strong armed forces, and 25 of the soldiers with him later sought refuge in the Brazilian embassy.
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The Browns' quest for a savior, loaded with failed draft picks and deep into its third decade, brought them to Kizer, strong-armed and mobile, whom they took in the second round out of Notre Dame after bypassing the consensus top three quarterbacks — Mitchell Trubisky, Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson.
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Some of this is a bit strong-armed – SoftBank often insists on the secondary sales, unlike past DST Group models which usually were structured more as voluntary offers with a dollar cap – but VCs remain grateful for the opportunity, particularly as LPs are begging for cash in the relative absence of tech IPOs.
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Trump's ramble failed to mention the firing of Rex Tillerson, the alleged hush money paid to Stormy Daniels, Gary Cohn quitting, Trump's personal assistant being strong-armed out of the White House, campaign collusion with Russia, the special election defeat in Pennsylvania, or any of the other controversies currently engulfing the Oval Office.
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With the clock ticking down to the deadline on Thursday, the spooks jammed the White House with hundreds of last-minute requests for redactions, leaving the President with an impossible choice to either release everything and further alienate the espionage community, or allow himself to be strong-armed by his own spies.
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"I want to build a strong armed forces and a strong police and the reason is very important for you to know that we are eyeing - we are buying arms from Russia this time," Duterte told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam.
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Obsessed with remaking his hidebound country and curbing the regional ambitions of its nemesis, Iran, the young, hard-charging Saudi has imprisoned hundreds of rivals at a five-star hotel in Riyadh, strong-armed the prime minister of Lebanon in a failed stab at Iran and stepped up his devastating war in Yemen.
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Mobile, strong-armed and touched with a remarkable capacity for completing throws others wouldn't dare attempt, Mahomes does not represent the new prototype for the position so much as the ideal for how football is played in 2018 and perhaps beyond: directing a creative scheme rooted in college spread concepts with devastating efficiency.
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The thinking continues: He could not have been acting in good faith, the way Mr. Biden was when he strong-armed Mr. Poroshenko, because Mr. Biden had the support of career diplomats, while President Trump did not — in fact, the president used his personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, as an envoy to the Ukrainians.
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As head of the 2.3 million-strong armed forces, President Xi Jinping has made his fight against military corruption a top priority, with officers warning that the problem is so pervasive it could undermine China's ability to wage war at a time when Beijing has increasingly projected its influence in the region and surrounding seas.
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The men, who CNN spoke to in detail over the course of the last 211 months, describe being forcibly taken from their homes, detained for weeks, sometimes months, in secret prisons, denied communication with family and legal representation, strong-armed into making videotaped confessions, and ultimately released without being convicted of a single crime.
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Jones has been celebrated before, but Applebaum also tells the less known story of how, after he spoke out, Stalin's government successfully strong-armed British and American correspondents in Moscow into denying what he said — even though some of them had been his sources, telling him what would have been censored from their own dispatches.
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The aim of these changes is twofold—to strengthen Mr Xi's grip on the 2.3m-strong armed forces, which are embarrassingly corrupt at the highest level, and to make the PLA a more effective fighting force, with a leadership structure capable of breaking down the barriers between rival commands that have long hampered its modernisation efforts.
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Goldman highlighted a column by Solomon that claimed that former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenFive takeaways from the Democratic debate As Buttigieg rises, Biden is still the target Leading Democrats largely pull punches at debate MORE "strong-armed Ukraine to fire its chief prosecutor solely" to shield the Ukrainian energy company Burisma and his son Hunter Biden from scrutiny.
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Seemingly beloved of women from Renée Zellweger to Anne Hathaway, it became another symbol of Mr. Weinstein's abuse of power when stars suggested they were strong-armed into it: an example of how the producer manipulated the women in his orbit to do what he wanted, whether come to his hotel rooms or wear his wife's dresses.
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Huerta is the son of Latino civil rights icon Dolores Huerta, which should have given him a strong following in a district that trends Democratic and is over 70 percent Hispanic; yet, astonishingly, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has been somewhat reluctant to get engaged in the race because, as the Los Angeles Times has reported, some party officials in Washington feel that they have been strong-armed into supporting Huerta by his influential mother.
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Conservatives, already annoyed at being strong-armed into a DACA deal for 28503,22019 undocumented immigrants, now have to contemplate President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE's plan to extend amnesty to a full 1.8 million Dreamers.
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