Word: coercion
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...father was a Communist once--almost every Vietnamese was at one time or another in the last 25 years. He disagreed with the way they applied the system, methods of coercion used, and gradually he became more nationalist instead of communist. He fought as a communist in the guerilla war against the French. When he came back from fighting in the jungle in 1954, he was imprisoned by the South Vietnamese. They weren't sure whether he was a spy or not. He never talked to us about conditions in the prison. Most people didn't. The guerilla...
Some students who took the course hated it. "Their basic complaint was this," Lewontin says: '"I know it was my fault that I didn't do the work, but I didn't do it because the coercion was absent.' On the one hand they were blaming themselves; on the other hand, they were blaming...
Achieving the mix will require considerable sacrifice, pain and, very likely, a strong dose of coercion. Still, along with the fear that drove thousands into flight or attempted flight, much of South Viet Nam could only feel relief that the war was over. For the first time since French boats steamed into Danang in 1858, the nationalistic and proud Vietnamese, North and South, creators of splendid past civilizations, were rid of any foreign presence. For the first time since the Japanese conquest of 34 years ago, there was peace...
More Protests. The takeover was a continuation of protests that have roiled the Rhode Island campus since February, when President Donald Hornig announced that Brown was faced with a $4 million deficit and would have to cut back on student aid, educational programs and faculty. Dismayed by attempts at "coercion, when everything is so eminently discussible," Hornig remained adamant about the budget cuts...
...week's end, although Hornig repeated that "coercion of any sort was inappropriate to an intellectual and scholarly community," the administration negotiated a compromise with the students. It promised to try to live up to most of their demands. Having demonstrated their power, the students walked quietly out of the University Hall...