Word: coercion
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...advised by 'Poon officialdom that an unwary Radcliffe girl once sent in a subscription check without the usual coercion of the circulation department. The incident proved such a shock that the staff, instead of the check, bounced into paralysis. After two frustrating years of silence from the boys, bloody but unbowed she sent another two bucks to Lampy's lottery...
...president of the India League of America, declared the meeting "a striking evidence of the desire of the vast majority of Indians to work together and . . . also an evidence of the continuing British policy of unduly emphasizing minorities." He characterized the Moslem League's behavior at Simla as "coercion of the majority," blamed Lord Wavell for the failure of the conference "only to the extent that he has allowed himself to be bullied into retreat by a small minority...
...awarded to Indians all posts (except Defense) in India's Executive Council-the equivalent of a national cabinet-"on a balanced representation of the main communities, including equal proportions of Moslems and caste Hindus." The door was left open for the native states, but there would be no coercion. Dominion status, as promised in the Cripps proposals, was still the goal. The Wavell Plan brought it almost within reach...
...Halt to Coercion. The Secretary added other facts on U.S. treatment of German prisoners: censorship excludes books and periodicals containing enemy propaganda. There has been "substantial success" in preventing the coercion of prisoners by Nazi extremists. German-speaking American officers and enlisted personnel are assigned to camps whenever possible. Interpreters are available for U.S. officers who do not speak German...
...Johnson, among his other writings translated Shakespeare's works into English." Or, "The modern student does not wish to go to war; he wishes this maddening dispute could be settled by peaceful coercion...