David Levy, a former Cintas salesman in San Diego, said similar high-pressure tactics are not uncommon.

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Beware of high-pressure tactics that are aimed at forcing you to commit yourself before you understand the nature of the deal.

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The replacement of winger Goran Pandev - apparently injured - with defender Christian Chivu in the Inter line-up minutes before kick-off caught everyone by surprise, while the visitors' high-pressure tactics and gamesmanship continually frustrated the hosts.

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The third-party call centers it had hired used high-pressure sales tactics to sell consumers add-on features to their credit cards but misled them about the benefits.

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In truth, many women have abortions despite their moral intuitions thanks to the abortion industry's deceptive, high-pressure sales tactics.

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Thomas Frist says he will immediately end doctor-hospital partnerships (and dismantle existing ones), tone down Columbia's high-pressure marketing tactics and limit the firm's expansion into communities where Columbia has met (and often steamrollered) local opposition.

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