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Mr. Sutiyoso said the son was probably being pressured to run by businesspeople eager for access to parliamentary politics' lucrative system of patronage.

Within the political mainstream, Mr. Colón's candidacy remains an enigma, with some consultants saying that he was pressured to run for public advocate to help draw out Latino voters citywide to ensure that Fernando Ferrer, the Bronx borough president, at least makes it into a runoff.

As the daily deal space has become increasingly crowded over the last two years, local merchants feel pressured to run deals, but for many reasons, they end up overwhelmed by the prospect of managing those deals from start to finish, and the big deals players are failing to help them.

There was also tremendous emotional pressure to run.

"I have been under ridiculous pressure to run unjustified stories to settle scores".

During the election campaign, Cameron was under pressure to run the issue hard; pressure he by and large resisted.

The favourite is David Miliband, the 43-year-old foreign secretary who ignored pressure to run when Mr Blair stood down.

Hardly secondary to the artistic achievement was the engineering feat of supplying water in volume and pressure to run the numerous fountains at Versailles.

This seems partly because of racetrack casinos, which have pumped new money into race stakes and added to the pressure to run unfit horses.

says Coe, who continues to reject Tory pressure to run for London mayor next year, obviously finding the equally murky machinations of sports politics sufficient for his combative needs.

He concedes he had a conversation with Bush administration officials at one point but insists he is under no administration pressure to run.