Word: shakedown
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...Democracy advocates in Hong Kong exhort listeners to attend the latest Victoria Park rally. Downtrodden Bangkok citizens listen in glee as a crusading radio program exposes?in real time?a corrupt traffic cop as he tries to extort money from a taxi driver (who rings the program as the shakedown is happening). A lonely migrant worker in southern China receives advice on how to find a mate even without the help of a village matchmaker. Best of all, since talk radio flourishes at the intersection of anonymity and outspokenness, even the shyest Asian can discuss anything from democracy to dildos...
Perhaps it is no shock that student voices will be muted in the ears of the new dean—after all, the restructuring itself was done in an outrageously secretive manner. Had the bureaucratic shakedown been on the table in any public forum in advance—rather than being hastily introduced alongside Lewis’ firing—students and Faculty could at least have voiced their concerns and had some chance of being heard. Instead, the new plan has been foisted on those it will most affect, without even a nod towards community consultation...
...detective right now. He spent six days last week in a Los Angeles jail on charges of illegal weapons possession, after police searched his office to see if he was involved in the harassment of Los Angeles Times reporter Anita Busch. While researching a story on a possible mob shakedown of actor Steven Seagal, Busch found a dead fish, a rose and a note reading STOP on her car. Police traced the threat to an ex-con who said he had been hired by Pellicano on behalf of Seagal...
...Vista lawyer in search of tribal work. The Buena Vistas didn't hire him. Bersinger also struck out with the California Valley Miwoks, from whom he sought $5,000 a month in a letter sent in March. Tribal officer Tiger Paulk says of Bersinger's pitch: "It was a shakedown...
...public arena, there's Jesse Helms, Jesse Ventura, and of course, Jesse Jackson. There's likely to be more discussion about the latter Jesse if best-selling right-wing publisher Regnery has anything to do with it. Regnery's "Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson" by Kenneth R. Timmerman will be No. 5 on the 4/7 NYT nonfiction list. There are already 200,000 copies in print...