Word: extortions
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...prospectors. Prices skyrocketed as local landowners insisted on barracao (literally the trading post but, in another application, the company store), charging outrageous amounts for food and other necessities. Bottled water cost $3 a liter, eggs 500 apiece. At the same time, roving bands of local ranch hands began to extort gold from the miners. Soon, Serra Pelada was an armed camp...
...greatest paradox is that American influence in Israel actually carries over into the Arab world. For 25 years Egypt attempted militarily to extort demands from Israel. When that try failed, Egypt applied diplomatic pressures, forcing the Arabs into dealing with the U.S. to bargain concessions from Israel. Only through a commitment to Israel can the U.S. influence Arab policy...
Clearly, Mr. Nichols' fear that the H-R Republicans, the Spartacists, and God knows who else would soon appear on the term bill and "extort" money is unfounded. Majority support (by petition) for the checkoff must be demonstrated; and then, one chooses whether to contribute. It is worthy to note that no other campus organization in any state has sustained this funding mechanism, which has built in "sunset" provisions...
...many students agree with PIRG's positions on issues concerning the environment and the rights of consumers. The article says that in 1972, PIRG had the support of over half the students; but even if 95 per cent of them now supported it, it has no right to extort contributions from the remaining 5 per cent...
...Angus Murphy and Harold Conley, for "unlawful imprisonment" of Merylee, on the theory that she had lost her free will due to Hare Krishna "mind control." For good measure, the two leaders were also accused of brainwashing another convert, Ed Shapiro, 22, and of getting him to try to extort a $20,000 family trust fund from his father. Young Shapiro had once been worked on by Ted Patrick, the originator of deprogramming, but had also escaped by feigning agreement. "The thing that frightens me," Schwed told the New York Times, "is that a group like this [the Hare Krishnas...