While Catherine's policy led some peoples to accept (more or less under duress) changes in their way of life, thus facilitating the extension of Russian agricultural settlements onto the open steppes, it also gave rise to a growing sense of identity based on cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions.
That is me being under stress, under duress.
Reacting to the backlash, he later blamed his actions on jet lag, stating: "Sometimes I overestimate my ability to function under duress with less than enough sleep".
As the New York Times noted, it "contained no details about his heart rate, respiratory rate, cholesterol level, past medications or family medical history". And now, given Bornstein's comments suggesting his own letter was written under some duress — or at least, less than ideal circumstances — you can expect rising demands for a do-over, and perhaps more information about Trump's health.
But "The Grey" unfolds in a mood of grim earnestness and is grounded in an idea of masculinity under duress that is no less authentic for being thoroughly sentimental.
Not under duress, not under the influence of alcohol.
First, people, under economic duress, are cutting their cable and other bills that seemed essential in better times, but less so now.
Others are accepting severance packages, either willingly or under duress, that weigh in at far less than what departing executives, even poorly performing ones, received last year.
Finally, under extreme duress, we make up.
The theater has been under financial duress for a year.
