Word: blackmailed
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...None of this would be possible, of course, without the remarkable cast of Simpatico. Shepard's play presents the aftermath of a 15-year-old case of blackmail, showing how both the blackmailers and the blackmailed must struggle to shape for themselves normal, fulfilling lives. At the center of the play is Carter, the mastermind of the nefarious scheme, played with passion and subtlety by David Modigliani '02. Carter is the only character to have profited from the blackmail scandal, but Modigliani is wise enough to show that his success and power are as much mental creations as they...
...United States Congress has finally given up on its Dr. Evil-like plan to blackmail the United Nations into slashing its bureaucracy. Instead, they?re coughing up one billion dollars in back dues, and taking the money out of the back end. The Senate voted 98-1 on Tuesday to release the back dues and cut the U.S. contribution to the organization?s budget to 20 percent from 25 percent. TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell says the change of heart ?- adopted by Democrats after Clinton went along ?- has a lot to do with Slobodan Milosevic. "Kosovo showed the importance...
DIED. DIRK BOGARDE, 78, British actor who transcended matinee-idol looks with darkly serious roles; in London. He starred in A Tale of Two Cities (1958) and Hollywood films but will be best remembered for Victim (1961), a tale of homosexual blackmail, and his acclaimed performance in the film version of Death in Venice...
...OCCUPATION: promoting celebrities BEST PUNCH: In an on-air rebuttal claimed the band had never been confirmed; said she would not give in to "blackmail" and called band leader Doug Harkness "ingenious" but of questionable ethics...
This should not have to be a problem. Law schools are perfectly within their rights to keep discriminatory employers off campus and it is inappropriate for the government to blackmail law school into lending their support to such discrimination. If the Pentagon is interested in recruiting graduates of top law schools, maybe it should look into changing its won "don't ask, don't tell" policy, instead of trying to force universities to compromise their principles...