Word: coercion
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Both men attack on the ground of excessive scholarship, the intensive study of minutae, the coercion of minds in the period of growth into too narrow channels. The man who goes through the mill is to each of these men a repulsive, or at least uninteresting creature. Mr. Pingree believes of holders of this degree that they have "wasted three of the best years of their lives and trent their minds into as tortured positions as Buddhistic fakirs bend their bodies." Mr. Marks says of the same person that "if he wants his doctorate in English, he must Forego knowledge...
Major-General Lassiter: that a plebiscite to determine the sovereignty of Tacna-Arica cannot be held (TIME, June 21) because of coercion by Chile of Peruvian voters. . . . "Lassiter has no right to accuse us of such an offense, the U. S. robbed and took by force the territories that she now owns and which before belonged to Mexico and other nations. Nor should we forget that she usurped territory from Colombia. It is not, then, a General of that nation who has the right to accuse...
...with the cry - he is a peerless orator - that the British were persecuting him - as indeed they were.* He has lost much of his influence over the Egyptians since the British House of Commons proclaimed the independence of Egypt (1922) and since he himself was released from all British coercion and became Premier (1924). He still reigns over the Wafd, but has been too thoroughly "unmartyred" to retain his once Messiah-like popularity...
Strength in Numbers. Since the organized workers of Britain have never before attempted united coercion, it was not generally realized last week how numerous and well coordinated are their ranks. Nowhere else, except in Soviet Russia, is trade unionism so firmly grounded. Last week it was estimated that as many able bodied workers are controlled, as to strikes, by the Trades Union Congress as there are men, women and children in New York City. The unionists operate, in normal times, virtually all the land and sea transport services, the mines, most heavy manufacturing and the building trades. Last week these...
...British government has set itself against economic coercion for political ends. And the volunteer Organization for the Maintenance of Supplies probably has sufficient efficiency to provide a tenuous connection with the necessaries of life...