Sentence examples for pressure directed from inspiring English sources

It reacted to heavy political pressure directed by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, who had pushed through the Senate a resolution opposing the plan on a vote of 88-9.

In truth, I am as distressed as the Court is--and expressed my distress several years ago, see Webster, 492 U. S., at 535--about the %political pressure" directed to the Court: the marches, the mail, the protests aimed at inducing us to change our opinions.

On 1st September, 1936, von Papen wrote Hitler advising him that anti-Nazis in the Austrian Ministry of Security were holding up the infiltration of the Nazis into the Austrian Government and recommended bringing " slowly intensified pressure directed at changing the regime ". favour of the decision to occupy Austria by force, and he has testified that he urged Hitler not to take this step.

These include: training and support for opposition forces in and outside the countries; pressure directed against regime officials who attack their own people, including targeted sanctions and referrals in international tribunals; surrogate broadcasting and other pro-democracy messaging; funds for striking workers; and covert efforts to induce defections by regime and security officials.

"Was the decision to target any tax-exempt applications for review and subject them to full development or heightened scrutiny influenced or prompted in any way by political pressure directed at the I.R.S. from any members of the Congress or other elected officials?" it asked.

These processes are examined here in the field of global health, where outside pressure directed at the intellectual property rules in connection to access to medicines prompted the WHO to define the health challenge as a need to stimulate innovation and ensure wide access to technology at the same time.

For instance, increasing N favours the exploration of the landscape, whereas increasing selection pressure directs the search towards the exploitation of the most promising solutions.

"But does that mean that Pyongyang is about to make any meaningful concessions that reduce the growing pressures directed against them?

Currently, turbocharged common rail high pressure direct injection diesel engines are regarded as state-of-the-art.

There are two basic methods for measuring arterial blood pressure, direct and indirect.

This was much more extensive than her earlier refit as another set of boilers was converted to oil-firing, her high and medium pressure direct-drive turbines were replaced by geared turbines and her fire-control systems were comprehensively upgraded.