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  • And these not being sufficient to glut their Avarice, they have, by the most unparalleled Barbarities, Extortions, and Monopolies, stripped the miserable Inhabitants of their Property, and reduced whole Provinces to Indigence and Ruin.

    Thom Hartmann: The Real Boston Tea Party was Against the Wal-Mart of the 1770s 2009

  • Extortions, demands and affairs Civil and maritime whatsoever, between

    Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898

  • An Act to prevent, during the existing War, Monopolies, Extortions and Speculation in Breadstuffs and other articles of general use and consumption, and to make such acts criminal, and to provide penalties for the same.

    Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Passed in Milledgeville, at an Annual Session in November and December, 1861. Georgia. General Assembly 1862

  • And these not being sufficient to glut their Avarice, they have, by the most unparalleled Barbarities, Extortions, and Monopolies, stripped the miserable Inhabitants of their Property, and reduced whole Provinces to Indigence and Ruin.

    unknown title 2011

  • Extortions, one of the scourges that prompted Calderon to go after the cartels, have become so bad in Chihuahua's biggest city Ciudad Juarez that many small businesses have stopped paying their social security, and hitmen have warned government tax collectors against trying to chase up those in arrears.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Extortions, kidnappings and daylight shootouts have already shuttered some stores.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • _Briberies_, _Extortions_ and _Depredations_, but know nothing of the four impeached Lords; They talk of the ancient way of Fighting, and warlike Engines, as if they had been Lieutenant Generals under

    The Present State of Wit (1711) In a Letter to a Friend in the Country John Gay 1708

  • "Extortions are still on, but it has come down in comparison to before," he said.

    Latest News Online - Express Indian 2010

  • RESIST (Resisting Extortions and Solicitations in International Transactions) - jointly developed by the International Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Transparency International, the UN Global Compact and the World Economic Forum - raises employee awareness of how to prevent demands from being made, and sets out practical measures on how to respond to dilemmas in the most efficient and ethical manner when they cannot be avoided.

    Press Releases 2009

  • Defining the Chief IP Office which is a bit like defining a Chief Extortions Officer

    The Lurking Danger: Software Patents glyn moody 2008

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