Word: extortion
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...film are universitystudents, with the exception ofChico’s love interest Roza, who is playedby Ana Maria Mainieri, a professionalmodel who had never acted before.Furtado is known for having manipulativeand calculating women in his movies,and Roza, a character who tells menshe is pregnant in order to extort moneyfrom them, is no exception.“As a director, I feel like there is alimit to how much I can truly influencean actor’s work,” Furtado said. “Maineiriwas able to really show the dual aspectsof her character, both her manipulativeand human...
...Osaka. They can make billions from gambling, loan-sharking, drugs and the protection racket. Meanwhile, smaller gangs in moribund regional cities like Nagasaki-which are more dependent on government spending to fuel local growth-are being squeezed. Increasingly desperate, they are turning up the heat on local officials to extort more money from a shrinking pool. "There are a lot of hidden tragedies involving yakuza-related organizations and bid rigging that never come out in the press," asserts Suganuma...
...long run, the failure to find a meaningful deterrent for North Korean provocations may mean Kim will become bolder in his stunts, which are geared to extort maximum aid from the countries threatened by his saber rattling. Jing Huang, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington says he thinks China's patience may be wearing thin. "This missile crisis will be the beginning of the end," Huang predicts. "It is forcing Beijing to see [that] the consequences of North Korea's actions are all bad for China." Says Green: "I think China is going to exert far more...
...King never followed through. The Maoists continued to kill, maim and extort at will in the countryside. And instead of reinvigorating democracy as he promised, Gyanendra concentrated on an autocratic gutting of civil society, periodically arresting hundreds of political activists, lawyers, journalists and human rights workers. Facing a collapsing economy, a future as the laggard of Asia, and three bad choices in front of them - the King, the Maoists or the corrupt political parties - Nepal erupted in early April...
...police. The authorities have charged Yahya with indecency under the criminal code; she faces a potential one year in prison, but the alleged offense would be punishable by up to seven years' jail under the new pornography law. "This is just another way for certain groups to extort money," says Yahya. "It's not about morality." Others accuse legislators of trying to push through an Islamization program veiled as a campaign against nudity and lewd behavior. "The bill is the beginning of a Shari'a agenda to keep women inside," warns Harymurti, who is Muslim. Adds an even more alarmed...