With Congress almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, Mr Bush joked with party leaders that he might have to resort to some arm-twisting.
First off, people resented the high estimates-it smacked of old-fashioned arm-twisting.
In the style of a political thriller, it depicts President Lincoln's efforts to get a ban on slavery passed in Washington, using a combination of persuasion, inspiration, horse-trading and arm-twisting.
Two of the richest guys on the planet are now in the arm-twisting business.
Mr Greig described the A9 north of Inverness as "old fashioned" and "twisting".
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Suitably energised, it is time to explore the labyrinth of twisting lanes.
Most birds have extremely flexible necks, but the owls are the avian species that have perhaps garnered the greatest attention for their neck-twisting exploits.
Best of all, the bus helped us untangle Madeline's twisting route.
The path becomes narrow and rocky, climbing and twisting steeply.
Pick a model with sizable knobs and buttons for the audio and climate control systems along with power-operated mirrors to help reduce the amount of grip strength needed and reduce pain associated with turning or twisting motions.
But instead of spurring on the U.S. women, the early goal seemed to inspire Japan, which quickly took control, their clever crisscrossing runs and perfectly slotted passes through the seams twisting the U.S. defense in knots.
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While Paulson has tried to portray the Treasury's decision to buy stakes in banks as a voluntary program, there has been more than a little arm-twisting behind the scenes.
He waved to the dog on the opposite sidewalk, held the iron bars, hoisted himself up, pushed aside the wire, got cut, and jumped inside, twisting his ankle slightly.
That, in turn, means that vehicles are less subject to twisting forces in hard turns.
As clay is not so firm underfoot as hard courts, twisting and turning is harder.
Karzai agreed to the November runoff election after intense diplomatic arm twisting by the United States.
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Wherever possible he tries to take roads like those on the original route--narrow, twisting and today largely untraveled.
But of course this will never happen, and politics has a way of twisting good change into bad.
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It took Mr Holbrooke, and his fellow American mediator, Robert Gelbard, four days of arm-twisting to get dialogue going.
Made of white aluminum panel siding and stucco, it cantilevers 20 feet over a driveway, twisting slightly at the top.
The process essentially involves making sure that the nozzles are the proper distance from the platform by twisting a series of screws.
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Some critics say that the investigations should focus as well on the powerful major supermarket chains for arm-twisting factories on their prices.
Compound or open fractures are typically high-energy type injuries which generally occur when an individual is involved in a high velocity car accident or fall- or when a landing is awkward with twisting or torsional type forces.
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