| Ultimately, despite aggressive administration and business arm-twisting, both houses of Congress voted to block the new rule. |
| Paul Brown Stadium opened in 2000 after years of friendly persuasion and arm-twisting. |
| In other parts of the western world, the use of force and crude political arm-twisting is delegitimized and no longer comme il faut. |
| With all the political arm-twisting over climate change going on before G8 begins, the BBC as usual missed the real story this morning. |
| Expect a little more arm-twisting from the government, and an eventual approval of the resolution. |
| Any arm-twisting or gentle persuasion presumably took place in corridor huddles or late-night conversations. |
