| This would bring an end to his many attempts to extort money from organisations on the flimsiest of pretexts. |
| He has often sought to justify repression on the pretexts of threatened coups against his government. |
| States which are defenseless can be attacked at will, with the most flimsy pretexts and virtually no international support. |
| But it has become increasingly clear to them that the pretexts for the war were false. |
| Government officials have used concern for real estate value and tourism appeal as pretexts for such abuses. |
| In lucid prose, he shreds pretenses and pretexts and demands consistent, bright lines. |
