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...Handbook for Students defines sexual assault as “any act of sexual intercourse that takes place against a person’s will or that is accompanied by physical coercion or the threat of bodily injury. Unwillingness may be expressed verbally or physically. Rape may also include intercourse with a person who is incapable of expressing unwillingness or is prevented from resisting, as a result of conditions including, but not limited to, those caused by the intake of alcohol or drugs...
...diplomacy does not look hopeful. The Bush Administration seems inclined to find ways of pressuring North Korea—by urging the Chinese to cut aid, by interdicting North Korea’s illicit traffic in arms and drugs—so that the crisis can be resolved by coercion rather than bribery. So far, though, Pyongyang has responded to pressure with escalation rather than concession. If neither diplomacy nor pressure succeeds, then the options are reduced to two: either deploy the military or live with a nuclear North Korea. Only one of these options is consistent with the Bush...
...NLRB confidential election “free of coercion or intimidation” is the only result the university will honor, he said...
Such a move would further erode academic freedom, which is already suffering the difficulties imposed by security measures in processing visas. Though the editorial claims that recruitment without coercion is possible, it places students from suspect countries in an exceedingly difficult position. They would be forced to choose between loyalty and personal desire for academic opportunities. If this is not coercion, what would be? Furthermore, if the suspect nation is known for complete disregard for human rights, what treatment might these students expect upon return? These details might be worked out, but the worst possible crime against academia remains?...
...Great power in the world is as much about restraint as it is about coercion,” he said...