Word: heavyhandedness
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The other big financial gun that Britain has at its disposal is based on the pivotal role that London plays in world finance. The day after the Argentine invasion, the Bank of England froze $1.4 billion in Argentine assets held by London banks. Last week the bank put out clarifications...
There is a touch of bravado fantasy in these defiant acts, as there is when a white woman journalist solicits sex in exchange for a favorable story. Such a thing is possible, but not likely to occur in the heavyhanded, abject way depicted in the book.
When Goddard and Andrea finally meet, Kosinski demonstrates his conviction that letting a shell slip is always suicidal. Insultingly, though, he is not brave enough to let us appreciate a subtle message, but subjects us to a bloodbath to drive home a fear we all share. His conclusion is not...
"Forgive me for saying this, but you're causing the President grave concern," said the scolding letter. President Ronald Reagan, it continued, "personally asked me to find out why you're holding back." The letter, sent out in September by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, over the signature...
The Kremlin leaders complained, with justification, that this heavyhanded attempt to link economic rewards with exit visas constituted interference in their internal affairs. This kind of explicit, narrowly defined "linkage" tends always to stiffen Soviet backs. Linkage must be an underlying factor in the calculations on both sides rather than...