Word: coercion
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...contempt when she refused to reveal Hilary's whereabouts. Relief may be on the way: prompted by the Morgan case, the House of Representatives last week passed a bill to limit civil contempt-of-court sentences to twelve months. Based on the idea that a longer sentence turns coercion into punishment without due process, the bill now awaits action by the Senate...
Authorities made clear that the testimony of strangers is not enough. It is a citizen's duty to betray his own kith and kin. The Zhou clan, willingly or by coercion, did its duty. Zhou Fengsuo, 22, a physics student at Qinghua University in Beijing, was among the 21 student leaders named by officials last Tuesday as the country's most-wanted criminals. The next night on television, Zhou was shown being led into a police station for interrogation. The scene then shifted to the home of Zhou Yanrong, the student's sister. Dandling a baby...
...says his influence on the council stems not from coercion, but from legitimate persuasion...
...handpicked candidate for President, Carlos Duque, trails opposition candidate Guillermo Endara by more than 2 to 1. Yet U.S. officials and opposition leaders are convinced Duque will steal the election. They charge that evidence of government chicanery already abounds: manipulation of voter rolls to keep opponents from the polls, coercion of public employees to vote the government ticket, fraudulent registration practices that will permit Noriega boosters to cast multiple ballots...
...middle-class idealism; in 1987 almost all the 7,000 ! young adults enrolled in such programs came from low-income families. The sad truth is that any major commitment to national service requires either a pay scale much higher than McDonald's or the heavy hand of federal coercion...