Word: blackmailed
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...knew about his skirt-chasing.) His former secretary, Peggy (Elisabeth Moss), is climbing the ladder as a rare female copywriter at Sterling Cooper, but at the cost of having given away her out-of-wedlock baby. The daddy, Pete (Vincent Kartheiser)--a weaselly rich boy who tried to blackmail Don into promoting him after learning the truth about his past--is suffering the apparent karmic payback of being unable to conceive with his wife...
...with the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks during his first term. The Soviets would be required to cut back drastically on their ICBM warheads in a way that reduced or, better yet, eliminated the theoretical possibility of a first strike against American ICBMs and the danger of political intimidation and blackmail that they might derive from that capability. During his first term, Reagan proposed drastic reductions in Soviet offensive forces, especially in ICBM warheads. But his only leverage then was the prospect of an American offensive buildup, which included plans for the ten-warhead MX missile and the highly accurate Trident...
...either case, whether at $200 or $300, Bush does not want to be the President who leaves the White House on a mule-drawn cart. But Iran's blackmail is not just about oil. The Iranians truly believe they have us hostage in Iraq - our supply lines, the acquiescence of the Shi'a in the occupation. It would all change in an instant, though, especially if we were to borrow Iraq to attack Iran. The way Fars put it: "In Iraq, fighters would rise up in solidarity with each other and begin ... making the Tet Offensive in 1968 Vietnam...
...intercepted NATO’s supplies. A radical mosque built up a brigade of terrorists adjacent to the Pakistan Intelligence’s building in Islamabad, the capital. The intelligence agencies are not to be blamed; they have more important tasks to do—update files on and blackmail political opponents of Musharraf. Last November, on the pretext of fighting terrorism a “state of emergency” was declared in Pakistan, and resulted in a country-wide crackdown on the judiciary, media, human rights activists, and anyone who could possibly oppose Musharraf. This was followed...
...pressure on Ukraine. Russia is unhappy at the restoration to power of Yuschenko's pro-NATO coalition following last year's snap legislative election. It is also irked by Ukraine's imminent accession to World Trade Organization membership, which would improve Kiev's ability to stand up to Russian blackmail by giving it the means to block Russia's own, coveted but much postponed entry into the organization...