Word: duress
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Behind the flinty monolith of his public image stands a suspicious and emotional man, whose impulsiveness is generally held in check. Last week, at 83, under the duress of his days and years, der Alte came to his loneliest decision. Suddenly and dramatically, the greatest German Chancellor since Bismarck signified his readiness to give up his powerful office after ten years, for the more honorific post of President. It was his own decision, and yet the emotional overtones of his act showed that he was reluctantly anticipating a painful reality...
...Chinese did not discover the Dalai Lama's escape until he had already been gone for two days. When they did, they insisted that he had been kidnaped by the rebels and spirited out of Lhasa "under duress." To back up the charge, Peking's embassy in New Delhi released three letters the Dalai Lama was supposed to have written to the acting Chinese representative in Tibet, General Tan Kuan-san. In each letter the Dalai Lama allegedly told "Dear Comrade, Political Commissar Tan" of the plots by a "reactionary clique" to foment trouble and even to take...
...Carey enjoyed the comforts, laughingly offered to send the Reuthers some leftover champagne. Moaned Reuther in sunny San Juan last week: "I'm here under duress...
...speech to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles added new terms for the two systems of economic development: "strategy of consent" and "strategy of duress." Pursuing the strategy of duress, he said, the rulers of Red China were creating a "vast slave state," wiping out China's traditional culture and values. "The inevitable waste product of economic development by duress," said Dulles, "is the crushing of millions of free spirits and their hope for a truly richer life. The important byproduct of the strategy of consent is human dignity and greater political freedom...
When Bill and Lannie were twelve, their parents, both born in slavery, moved the family to Arkansas. Bill did his farm chores under duress. All he really wanted to do was make music, and when he was 18, he headed for Chicago. He got a job on the Illinois Central Railroad, but he lived for evenings and weekends when he could hang out at the Moonglow or the 308 Club or one of the other wonderful, schizofrantic jazz joints that flourished in the Chicago of the '20s. Soon Big Bill was playing far and wide with the best...