Word: ransoming
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...Princess Diana, who wear only British-made clothes for public events, have been seen wearing Lauren's label on more discreet occasions. The British have not failed to notice the irony of Lauren's selling back to them a bit of borrowed cultural inspiration, and at a royal ransom...
...kidnapers' demands mixed greed with politics. They called for $50,000 in ransom and the reinstatement of a local official dismissed during political purges after Aquino came to power. But their most important demand was very simple. One kidnaper told the nuns, "It's not you we are after. It's Cory. We want her to pay attention...
While Aquino talked tough, her aides worked quietly to secure the release of the hostages. The kidnapers of the nuns quickly cut the price of the ransom to $5,000 and then, six days after the abduction, released them. The government says no ransom was paid, but others say the kidnapers netted at least $10,000. The following day, Lawrence was freed. Princess Tarhata Alonto Lucman, the head of an important Muslim family, helped arrange his release...
...reversal of traditional good guy and bad guy roles theme reappears as we get to know the kidnappers better. The happy couple is too scared and too nice to kill Mrs. Stone (Bette Midler), so they keep lowering the ransom price, until Mrs. Stone complains she's been "kidnapped by K-mart." In the end, however, their niceness triumphs; Sandy's sincerity and her ballgown designs win the heart of the bitchy Mrs. Stone, and they all band together against the real villain, Mr. Stone...
...foreign reaction to South African border raids. We cannot be held to ransom by the U.S. or the international community when it comes to the protection of our security. We simply do not understand how it is possible for the U.S. to attack bases and terrorists in Libya, to proclaim that the U.S. will protect U.S. interests and citizens against any form of terrorism wherever it occurs, and then urge all governments in the world to do the same, but when we do it and, with all respect, do it more professionally than they do, the U.S. blames...