Word: browbeaten
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blithe confidence is starting to resemble a room-size mainframe computer that operates on punch cards: it's more than a little out of date. Executives from Intel, Apple and other high-tech leaders have been parading into federal court in Washington with tales of being bullied, bloodied and browbeaten by Microsoft. Even onetime skeptics among the experts following the case are starting to ask, What if the government actually wins this thing...
...interviews, the vast majority of 71current and former teachers were critical of theExpos administration's sensitivity and fairness.Many teachers, nearly all of them women, say theywere browbeaten and intimidated both verbally andin writing...
...with a male shortage study which appeared in Newsweek. I saw a lot of women I knew who went to Harvard sort of browbeaten for having made this terrible choice of seeking a diploma. Right after the Newsweek story came out I was at a wedding and it was "Topic A" at the wedding for all the single women...
...from both parties (AIPAC is not a PAC, but it controls an impressive array of PACs). And while The Lobby has always found its most receptive audience in Congress, the legislative branch's ability and willingness to influence American foreign policy is in rapid decline. Congress may still be browbeaten into large aid packages, but an executive branch less susceptible to AIPAC pressure will decide how much--or how little--diplomatic or military support the U.S. will provide Israel...
Layton tells the story of being browbeaten by a radio talk show host this summer. The host--who, no doubt, would make an excellent subject of critical inquiry--criticized her for teaching Madonna at Harvard when an alarming number of high school students across the country can't even read and write...