Word: stranglehold
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...part of a nameless inner city, and the Blues are the men and women of the local police precinct. Each episode traces a day in the life of the precinct, as the Blues try to defuse street crime, play social worker at knife point, slip out of an octopus stranglehold of red tape, keep their private lives from ending in a singles bar or the divorce court...
Despite a policy of non-alignment and friendly relations with both China and India, fear of their political and military leverage exerts a stranglehold on Nepal's internal affairs. The government sees public expression of support for either country as a challenge to the authority of the King, one that has been met with imprisonment, fines and brutal retaliation by the military police. The law considers both the King and the constitution to be above criticism: a serious breach of conduct entails an investigation by the Ministry of Information, possible arrests, fines and censorship. Between 1974 and 1975, widespread action...
...victory saves Harvard from the danger of a last place Ivy League finish; the Crimson scoots to a fifth place 3-5 record in the league and 8-12 overall, and 1-8 Ivy, good for a stranglehold on last place...
...interview following his address to a Harvard and Cambridge crowd which packed Phillips Brooks House to listen in shocked silence to his story, or rather to the story of Paraguay's ordeal since General Alfredo Stroessner took over in a coup d'etat in 1954. Despite Stroessner's stranglehold on the country, Filartiga believes he is "a slave of my people," not of the government...
...take active steps to avert any disasters and then convey their message despite the government's press monopoly. If all goes as planned by the moderates, the visit will legitimize further the ongoing campaign to lift the martial law, if not force Marcos out altogether. Considering the President's stranglehold over the economy and the military, this is indeed a long campaign...