Word: browbeating
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...globe, on the right track for the next century. Up to now he hasn't defined the terms of that connection very well, Republicans and many Democrats have formed a China-bashing alliance, and groups with a host of complaints about issues from human rights to trade browbeat the Administration to treat China as a pariah. Like Jiang, Clinton has to persuade his countrymen that the People's Republic is less communist than they fear and more benign than they think if he is to pursue an effective policy of engagement. As Clinton said in a speech last week...
WASHINGTON: It was "irrational exuberance" all over again Wednesday morning as the Fed chairman browbeat the House Budget Committee and sent the Dow into a 100-point tailspin by eleven o'clock...
...over there asking you to be on their shows. I just want to tell you what I'm doing. If and when you choose to speak and you want to avail yourself of the opportunity, sure, I'd love to have you on, but I'm not going to browbeat...
Britain has a tradition of collective Cabinet leadership. Whether Blair, like Thatcher, can or will browbeat his colleagues is unknown. And even if he does, to what end? Blair's career thus far suggests a capacity for ruthlessness, and he often recalls the question asked by a G.O.P. speaker at the 1984 Republican Convention: "When was the last time you heard a Democrat say no?" That, says Blair, was "too close to the truth for comfort...
...when Haynes balked at their radical agenda, they browbeat her with vicious personal attacks until she eventually resigned. The activists didn't want gender equity. All they wanted was different faces mouthing the same ideas...