Word: blackmailing
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...long run for a society to refuse to negotiate or to surrender to terrorist demands. Observes Heyward Isham, director of a U.S. Government interagency group set up against terrorism: "A posture of making no concessions to demands may seem coldblooded. But the minute they think they can blackmail you, it leads to an endless chain of demands...
...character is everything in Chandler's work. The plot of The Big Sleep is impossibly convoluted, turning ever more tightly in on itself as blackmail schemes keep multiplying. It represents a deliberate attempt by the author to cancel out, perhaps even parody, conventional detective story suspense. The idea was to hold the reader's interest with mood, dialogue and above all eccentric, not to say grotesque people. The fact that Writer-Director Winner has been more "faithful" to Chandler's story line than Hawks and his writers (among them, William Faulkner) is no virtue at all. What...
...such Soviet military activities do not stop, Carter suggested, the U.S. public may turn against detente, endangering any type of cooperation between the two superpowers. Citing a ''massive" buildup in Soviet conventional forces, which could be used "for political blackmail and could threaten our vital interests," the President vowed: "We will match, together with our allies and friends, any threatening power through a combination of military forces, political efforts and economic programs. We will not allow any other nation to gain military superiority over...
...Soviet ambassador didn't believe it. He thought it was an attempt at blackmail...
...million worth of stock in 59 of the companies in question would amount to well over $ 1 million. In addition, firms with assets in South Afric'a have contributed $19.6 million to the university, and Stanford fears alienating them. The student response: "Stanford is subjecting itself to corporate blackmail...