To be fair, Weinstein's threat was likely just a bluff, since Tarantino was fresh off of Jackie Brown at that point and not yet the proven powerhouse who could be trusted with such a massive property.
Retired four-star Gen. Michael Hayden has confronted more than his fair share of threats throughout a 39-year career in the U.S. Air Force and tenures atop the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency. .
The first threat of fair skies in spring may have women estimating bikini damage and men swearing to give up the golf cart.
The Super PAC era is such a growing threat to fair elections that it was deservedly satirized by Stephen Colbert, the political comedian, who registered his own PAC and even got F.E.C. approval to tout it on his show.
Indeed, if there is a threat to fair elections it comes in the form of Sessions who has worked to keep minorities away from the polls taking control of the Department of Justice.
On the other hand, some things haven't changed: Jack Straw was describing parts of the Human Rights Act as a "villains' charter", the right to a fair trial was under threat, and there were concerns about the government's plans to gather individuals' details on a database.
Labour has already won backing from some large firms for its plan to sign the European Union's social chapter and set a national minimum wage, policies which are likely to be far more damaging to small firms than big ones.To be fair to Labour, the threat to jobs of the social chapter, at least on measures introduced to date, has been exaggerated by the Tories.
Electronic voting machines represent a grave threat to fair and accurate elections, a threat that every American Republican, Democrat or independent–should be concerned about.
I believe that a Democracy has a duty to prevent the formation of dynasties, that dynasties can and have become a threat to fair elections and legislation.
As Congress contemplates shoring up America's elections against known foreign interference, partisan battles rage about the real threat to fair elections and the consequences of federal intervention in election law.
