Word: coercion
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...wooing the mother, the child makes more and more coercive demands that she act as an extension of itself. As the child moves toward psychological birth, and the first use of the word "I," the mother's role becomes even more frustrating. If she gives in to the coercion, she undermines the child's independence. If she does not, she enforces its sense of aloneness. Kaplan's message: "The drama has no happy solutions. It is well nigh impossible for a mother to satisfy a toddler in the throes of the complex dilemmas of second birth...
...supervisor and to President Gerald Ford protesting Passman's pressure; an earlier letter from Kieffer to AID'S former deputy administrator John Murphy complained: "It does not matter who the Congressman is, or what his power over us may be, some things are just wrong, and his coercion and demands in this case are wrong...
...outcome was never in doubt, and Filipinos gave Marcos yet another ringing endorsement. In early returns, the proposition that he continue in office was approved 4 to 1. "If Marcos ran a referendum free of fraud and coercion, he would still win with 70% of the vote," estimated an American observer in Manila. But every Filipino, whether he was friend or foe of Marcos, knew that the referendum was mostly a test vote on presidential popularity. A big yes would silence critics, while the balloting itself was a way for Filipinos of whatever persuasion to work off their frustrations. Said...
There is an answer to teenage prostitution, or prostitution in general: legalization. Cities that allow it can control it and confine it to one area. Where there is a regulated "red light" district, there is no coercion of the women, no need for pimps, no procurement on the streets. The money goes to the workers and the city treasurer instead of to the underworld and payoffs to local politicians...
...jurisdiction, Felter is presiding over one of the largest and most complex corporate lawsuits ever filed in an American court-a $2 billion-plus action by a New Mexico uranium mining company, United Nuclear Corp., against General Atomic Co., a 50%-owned subsidiary of Gulf Oil Corp., for fraud, coercion and breaches of the nation's antitrust laws...