While a spate of redemptions can have a crippling effect on a hedge fund by forcing it to sell its holdings at unfavorable prices, SAC is more insulated than most of its competitors from the ill effects of client withdrawals.
But then they signed a deal with Redmond that essentially saved the company by forcing it back to its mass-market roots.
If applied as in the West, such an approach could strip the Brotherhood of much of its power, by forcing it to give up institutional control of its political party.
Some officials also say they fear that the Bush administration's proposal could undermine the World Bank by forcing it to give away its capital.
In Palestine, in contrast, Whitehall policymakers felt by the 1930s that the mandate was tying its hands by forcing it to follow a more pro-Zionist line than really suited British interests.
Reagan speeded up the break-up of the Soviet Union by forcing it to spend beyond its means on weaponry to defend against perceived, but actually unreal, threats such as the Star Wars programme.In much the same way, Google is throwing up many cheap-but-flashy initiatives that force Microsoft to spend huge sums in order to contain perceived, but probably illusory, market threats.
Stern's view echoed a filing by the Sonics that accused the city of trying to bleed the team financially and force its sale to a local buyer by forcing it to stay at KeyArena.
This keeps the bank in French hands and its boss, Jean Peyrelevade, in power.Mr Van Miert has also done Crédit Lyonnais a favour by forcing it to close 73 of its 1,923 French branches over the next two years.
She continued: "Perhaps at one time its importance could be limited by forcing it into a larger sandwich category, but that time has passed".
Mr Chávez, in effect, plundered its reserves for about $580m, both by forcing it to sell him dollars at the official exchange rate, and by taking dollars from the state oil company that traditionally went to the central bank.
Mr. Gittis explained that to let them in on the deal would complicate the company's accounting by forcing it to put a lot of good will on its books.
