But Kingston says he will not be bullied into putting his club before his country.

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Second, the fear that the old and frail will be bullied into committing suicide may be exaggerated.

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Environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth said councils "shouldn't be bullied into running weekly bin rounds".

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But since it is not true, it is perfectly reasonable (I would argue imperative) that policymakers not be bullied into avoiding some hard choices.

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Congress itself could probably be bullied into making these changes.

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As the past twelve years have amply demonstrated, Russia cannot simply be bullied into acquiescence with American policy priorities, and Putin and his team will only cut deals that they regard as being in their own self-interest.

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Her penance is to be willingly bullied and regimented into the necessary shape to cope with the onslaught of the wounded from the battlefields.

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And so off I go, into a new career where the workload is probably just as heavy, but where I hope I will not be bullied and will not have to bully anyone else into working.

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Hopefully, the Tea Partiers will see it for what it is worth and not be blinded and bullied by the Koch brothers and their wealthy friends into believing otherwise.

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It also argued that complainant anonymity should be maintained and that historical prosecutions should be allowed as "many who are abused are bullied, blackmailed and shamed into staying silent, often well into adulthood".

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