Word: blackmailed
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...with the idea of automatically subjecting themselves to a civil suit even though the Government indicated it was willing to settle a civil case by an out-of-court consent decree. Oil company law yers, after a stormy meeting with Attor ney General James McGranery, called the offer "outrageous blackmail" and said they would never accept such an "insulting" proposal. Meanwhile, the companies, except Gulf, were still awaiting trial of another suit charging them with over pricing oil sold...
Girls are seduced and others are beaten; at times it seems as though the streets of Sironia must be paved with female teeth. Crowbars are swung in labor strife, horsewhips in political campaigns. Sex-crazed old women corner fresh-faced youths in locked bedrooms. Blackmail is a commonplace, miscegenation comes almost as natural as breathing, and the highest ambition of mankind, it would seem, is to own a real, live, spangly N'awlins "hoah...
...days later Vishinsky got to his feet and, in a monotone, for 75 minutes accused the U.S. of "bluster, blackmail and pressure" in Korea, retold the "germ warfare" tale, and charged that U.S. "billionaires" are bent on more & more bloodshed to swell their billions. Midway through, Acheson removed his earphones for a few minutes, and some delegates began leaving...
...dandy. But surely don't be surprised if we here at the Journal-American invite you to keep getting your plugs from him, and not to expect very much from us. Mr. Gray is hot, red-hot, and he is all yours.' " Snapped back Gray: "Thinly veiled blackmail...
...Blackmail. The East's response was not pen notes but pinpricks. The incidents were small: e.g., West Germans were refused interzone passes to Berlin because "American imperialists are trying to split Germany"; British and U.S. patrols were temporarily barred from the no-mile stretch of Autobahn linking Berlin to West Germany. But each pinprick seemed to fit into an ominous Soviet stencil. The Reds were giving West Germans a glimpse of what might happen if they turn down the Soviet offer of "unity." Huffed Walter Ulbricht, East German Deputy Premier: "The day the peace contract is signed, West Berlin...