Word: duress
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...cheated Beefheart) famous for Doug Moon's delta blues pickin' and Beefheart's singin' on "China Pig," they played "Big Joan Sets Up," a new version, "My Human Get's Me Blues" ("I saw you baby dancing in yer x-ray gingham dress. I knew you were under duress. I knew you under your dress. Keep on comin Jesus, you de bes' dressed.") Trout Mask was the first record of his to get any advertising which let a lot more people know about him, but many still don't take the music seriously...
...fate hung in the balance for months, but last week the case was officially closed, at least from the German point of view. The Munich prosecutor's office announced that it had interrogated more than 200 witnesses, and had decided to drop all charges because Defregger acted under duress. In an apparent tradeoff, Julius Cardinal Döpfner announced the next day that he would accept Defregger's resignation as leader of the diocese. Defregger will retain the rank of bishop and handle administrative tasks regarding religious orders. Meanwhile an investigation continues in the village of Filetto...
Margolin charged that the hearings were kept closed to protect administrators. Wilson denied the charge. If the hearings could be opened on a student's request, he said, a student might find himself "under psychological duress" from other students to open his own hearing...
...position on this controversial issue ought not to be misconstrued as sour grapes. Even if DiCara agrees to take the title from Tarnas and give it to Barton, I would still be only third. Of course. I was under duress after the harassment I had suffered in the days leading up to the contest. The night before sitting down to the table, Barton and his nefarious trainer, Mcltzoff, had snatched me from my very bed at 2 a.m. and raped me. It is my understanding that even Dean May doesn't have to put up with such tactics...
...Last year the tactics of a belligerent minority led the faculty to vote, under duress, to eliminate ROTC at Harvard. That vote should be reconsidered." the VAF statement said. "Individuals should have the opportunity and the right to choose whether or not participation in ROTC is moral and advantageous...