Word: blackmail
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...surveillance is often ludicrously obvious, possibly it is meant to be. Fear can be as effective as blackmail. But intimidation can cut both ways. One memorable January evening a few years ago, four American correspondents attended a farewell party for a refusenik who had at long last received permission to emigrate to Israel. When they left the celebration, the reporters were surrounded by a gang of men -- obvious KGB agents, judging by their suits, overcoats and good fur hats. The agents cursed and shoved the journalists, sending two of them sprawling into the curbside snow. As the shaken reporters picked...
...study of the "nature and extent" of all goods moving across the border. Decrying what he called the "hysterical stampede" against South Africa, Botha challenged Mugabe and Kaunda to "put their money where their mouth is and introduce comprehensive sanctions against this country." Zambia condemned Pretoria's action as "blackmail and intimidation." Mugabe, on his return to Zimbabwe, told his countrymen to brace themselves for hard times. "All thought of luxury and comfort will have to go," he said. "It is just like...
...form of official blackmail, the Pretoria government has been threatening to take reprisals against its black neighboring countries if sanctions get too severe. It is in a solid position to do so. Nearly all foreign trade for Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland passes through South Africa, as well as 90% of Zimbabwe's. Some 350,000 foreign workers are legally employed in South Africa, almost 85% of them in mining, and they could be fired. Many of its neighbors are dependent on South Africa for electricity, which could be cut. Pretoria, however, rarely mentions the benefits it gains from these relations...
Convoluting the plot further, Stone's middle-aged mistress and her dumb-stud pal decide to blackmail the fashion mogul. While trying to videotape Stone murdering his wife, they succeed only in filming the local police chief with a prostitute in his car. Here, the movie attempts to develop the characters, depicting the plotting woman and her friend as too sensitive to watch the alleged murder on the videotape...
...winning a reprieve from exile. Said Louis: "She went abroad for medical treatment, but she is seeing politicians, not doctors. Her political activities have undermined the situation. She's lost any sense of reality." After meeting briefly with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in London, Bonner dismissed Louis' remarks as "blackmail...