| Canada's international reputation has been tarnished because Canada gives in to American lobbyists' arm-twisting when it comes to trade. |
| But it took much in the way of arm-twisting and political pressure to get them to agree to the trip. |
| Ultimately, despite aggressive administration and business arm-twisting, both houses of Congress voted to block the new rule. |
| It was not pure arm-twisting by the prime minister or the Spanish crown to the companies. |
| Carter engaged in extensive arm-twisting to gain support from other nations. |
| In other parts of the western world, the use of force and crude political arm-twisting is delegitimized and no longer comme il faut. |
