How To Use Arm-twisting In A Sentence
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It seems to me that the only way you could make that pronouncement is if you did see some very visible arm-twisting out there on behalf of the White House.
Matthew Yglesias » The Way Forward
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Ultimately, despite aggressive administration and business arm-twisting, both houses of Congress voted to block the new rule.
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That, Burress said, hasn't taken any arm-twisting.
'Just Give Me a Playbook'
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There were reports of intense political arm-twisting in the corridors of Westminster, with some MPs complaining that ministers were warning potential rebels that they could bring down the Government.
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Expect a little more arm-twisting from the government, and an eventual approval of the resolution.
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Never forget that this bill only passed on the second try, and with a minority of Republican votes even after some epic arm-twisting.
The Washington Post discovers fiscal responsibility. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
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Welch makes a distinction between evangelizing and proselytizing, which he described as "nonethical ways of seeking the conversion of others, or arm-twisting.
Hebrew Catholics? Jews Keep Wary Eye On New Group
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I find myself uninterested in technique - the particulars of better arm-twisting and wrist-bending.
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The vote was won only as the result of much arm-twisting by the government.
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Allawi told Al Arabiya TV Saturday that Iran's behind the scenes "arm-twisting" was having a "negative effect" on Iraq's political equation.
Outgoing Iraqi PM to Visit Iran to Bolster Candidacy
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Lyndon Johnson, a veteran of Senate arm-twisting and cajoling, jawboned to forestall airline and railroad strikes and such.
Other presidents 'jawbone,' but Obama 'extorts'
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Two of the team were caught and plead guilty to manslaughter, but due to arm-twisting by the French, the government was forced to transfer them to French custody.
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To them that means spending billions more on repairing and building roads, bridges, and schools, pumping up manufacturing with federal funds, arm-twisting major corporations to spend more on job creation here and not in other countries, extending unemployment insurance benefits, and continuing to pound away on the rich to cough up more in tax revenues to bankroll a sweeping jobs program.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: President Obama Caught Between the Left and Right on Jobs
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`After an interval and some arm-twisting, it's not absolutely impossible.
TO HIS JUST DESSERTS
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McGinn's political capital is low, and this just isn't an issue to blow it on with a veto (not to mention his very public arm-twisting of his "friend," Councilmember Mike O'Brien.)
Guess What, Establishment. McGinn is the New Licata. Except, He’s the Mayor. « PubliCola
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With all the political arm-twisting over climate change going on before G8 begins, the BBC as usual missed the real story this morning.
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Sen. Charles Schumer—Wall Street's strongest Washington ally and a target of arm-twisting in the battle for the New York Stock Exchange—hasn't taken a public position on the competing bids for its parent company.
Schumer Tilts Toward Offer by Germans for Big Board
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Presidential arm-twisting helped Mr. Ford narrowly win a test vote designed to force him to name his running mate in advance, and ultimately he won the delegate roll call 1,187 to 1,070.
Gingrich Aims to Conjure Spirit of '76—1976, That Is
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The vote was won only as the result of much arm-twisting by the government.
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some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result
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It's just that he's developed the technique of arm-twisting to its ultimate stage of refinement.
THE RECYCLED CITIZEN
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no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree
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Any arm-twisting or gentle persuasion presumably took place in corridor huddles or late-night conversations.
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It took a lot of arm-twisting for me to be persuaded to publish the script in Dream Country, which I agreed to mostly because I'd wanted so much as a young writer to see what a comics script looked like.
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In other parts of the western world, the use of force and crude political arm-twisting is delegitimized and no longer comme il faut.
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Discreet arm-twisting by President Clinton to encourage an increase in production may provide a short term solution, but with winter approaching in the rich northern countries, demand is unlikely to fall.
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Paul Brown Stadium opened in 2000 after years of friendly persuasion and arm-twisting.
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The forest is being rubbed out by special pleading, arm-twisting and back-scratching corruption.
Times, Sunday Times
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This at the same time that Mazziotti's very recent client, Lord Paulson III, is arm-twisting the elected officials of that lovely 'burb to build him a new minor league baseball stadium.
It's a small world after all (Jack Bog's Blog)
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No amount of arm-twisting or cajoling could change that political reality.
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Powerful short-wave transmissions required costly kit; getting hold of the frequencies required international arm-twisting.
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Any arm-twisting or gentle persuasion presumably took place in corridor huddles or late-night conversations.
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But it took much in the way of arm-twisting and political pressure to get them to agree to the trip.
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So, there was a lot of arm-twisting in Iran in the past few months, and finally Muqtada gave him his support.
Outgoing Iraqi PM to Visit Iran to Bolster Candidacy
