- presidential jawboning
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Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
presidential jawboning
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Jawboning — Samson using the jawbone of an ass Jawboning or moral suasion in economics and politics is an unofficial technique of public and private discussions and arm twisting, which may work by the implicit threat of future government regulation. In… … Wikipedia
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
jawbone — (n.) mid 15c., from JAW (Cf. jaw) (n.) + BONE (Cf. bone) (n.). Hence jawboning lecturing, hectoring, a term associated with the U.S. Lyndon Johnson presidential administration (1966); Cf. JAW (Cf. jaw) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
