(h) The acts of intimidation and persecution against representatives of the Churches, as well as the killings of those persons in the eastern part of the country

Extremists kill innocent people in order to dramatize their message in a way that shocks and horrifies their intended audience.

Current ultra low interest rates may be scaring people about the adequacy of future income.

For 25 years they thwarted the aspirations of the nation to development and progress through the intimidation and torture of the population and submission and subservience to outsiders.

His rough diplomacy frightened France, Britain, and Russia, making it easier for them to unite against Germany.

The fact that a single programmer can, without having to move into a professional relation to an institution, improve Linux once and never be seen from again, should terrify Ballmer.

(f) the acts of intimidation against representatives of the Churches and civil society, throughout the Congolese territory, as well as the killings of those persons in the eastern part of the country

Rather than scaring global corporations and their home states, China would retain strong political support abroad and the financing that it needs for its continued development.

They plan and design headline grabbing attacks using every means of communications to intimidate and break the collective will of free people.

Israel tried to intimidate those who dared to speak the truth, particularly United Nations representatives, including special rapporteurs, and other international personalities.

Beyond health effects, contamination could terrorize affected populations, prompting temporary flight and permanent relocation.

It as if they are trying to terrorize the private sector, so that when the fiscal ax actually falls, consumers and investors will be sufficiently relieved that disaster has been averted that they will increase spending.

It also requires that institutions act in the service of the higher interests of the nation and do not become weapons in political vendettas, used in campaigns to intimidate public officials in the executive branch.

But such approaches are anathema to the US Republican Party, and to its Tea Party faction in particular, and they might unnerve the many Asians who are nervous at China s growing military might.

(f) To take steps to provide adequate protection to witnesses of enforced or involuntary disappearances, human rights defenders acting against enforced disappearances, and the lawyers and families of disappeared persons against any intimidation or ill treatment to which they might be subjected

With regard to domestic violence, a survey in 1997 revealed that about 11 percent of the 339 male respondents admitted having abused their wives while 19 percent admitted to psychological intimidation.

On terrorism, we agree with the Secretary General's proposal to conclude a comprehensive terrorism convention that defines as an act of terrorism any act intended to seriously harm civilians or non combatants, with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a Government or international organization to do or abstain from any act.