Word: extorting
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...Dean Burch really had the interest of the country at heart, he could have informed the proper authorities to "phase out" Jenkins without publicity. By making it known, he has not only destroyed a life, but he has made Jenkins the possible prey of any plot to extort information...
Faulkner brings alive the Southern preoccupation with the past and the sickness of living in memories. He teaches again and again the fear and the reality of miscegenation, and he makes comprehensive the sexual hysteria behind the myth of Southern white womanhood. He can extort reluctant under standing for a code of grim and instant violence...
...Epstein's Liquor Authority investigators, Ernest Moss, 39, and Maurice Bernstein, 36, also refused to waive immunity when called before the grand jury. Both were later indicted on charges that they tried to extort $1,000 from the owner of a West Side bar. Two weeks ago, Moss threw himself under a subway train and killed himself...
Haitians call Duvalier's private bully boys the Tonton Macoutes, which means "bogeymen" in Creole. They are paid as much as $30 a month (high pay by Haitian standards), plus whatever they can extort from merchants and businessmen. When Duvalier wants to hold a rally, the Macoutes use their muscle to organize the crowds, commandeer trucks to carry the rooters to the appointed place. When Duvalier wants the opposition squashed, the Macoutes do the job. Three weeks ago, one of the "vagrant law officers" halted a bus near the village of Gressier, 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince...
...Push. In addition to demonstrating once again Russia's "peaceful intentions" Khrushchev was obviously also attempting to soften up the West and extort some real concessions. The West's response depended in part on how Western statesmen evaluate a theory about Khrushchev that has gained wide acceptance, particularly in Britain. Its advocates make the case that Nikita Khrushchev is the most reasonable of all Russian leaders and "the West's best friend in Moscow." Therefore, they maintain, the Allies should try hard to reach an accord with...