Word: coercion
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...Science does not grow because of superheated patriotism . . . The essential detachment and creative process involved cannot be hurried by imposing fright, coercion or high pressure upon scientists...
...cent fine, along with the system of closed reserve books, is opposed to the original Lamont plan of free access with as little coercion as possible. But absolute freedom has turned out to be impractable in Lamont's case. Provided the fine is adequately explained, it is a necessary, if unpleasant, measure...
...assigned his patents to the Rutgers Research and Endowment Foundation. So did Dr. Schatz. But last week, in New Jersey superior court, Albert Schatz, now assistant professor of biology at Brooklyn College, filed suit for a half of Rutgers' profits, said he had signed away his royalties under coercion...
...Blanshard, the U.S. public school is "the basis of democracy." Catholic canon law, he pointed out, rules "that an American Catholic mother who sends her child to an American public school over the objection of a priest can be denied absolution in the confessional." This, he said, was "theological coercion" and added: "Segregation on the basis of creed can be just as damaging to American democracy as segregation on the basis of color...
...report within seven days. An 80-day injunction was the next step. John L. Lewis had dared the President to do his worst: "To use the power of the state to drive men into the mines ... is involuntary servitude ... It is questionable whether one could postulate that such mass coercion would insure enthusiastic service from grateful...