Word: compel
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...wage that would reflect the area’s cost of living. And over 1150 filled out comment cards last spring demanding that dining hall workers be treated fairly in their June 2006 contract negotiations. By standing with Paul they showed solidarity with campus workers, and helped compel the administration to give him back...
...Armored Cavalry Regiment. These are just remarkable men and women. And the all-volunteer force has fundamentally transformed the services because they went from a posture and organization where they didn't have to pay a lot of attention to personnel policy because they could compel service. The selective service system coughed up troops, and they put them in with the units, and away they went...
...legendary showman who has few official duties and plenty of time to think up such stunts, says thousands of tea bags have been sent to ComEd and Ameren, the state's largest utilities, since the protest began on Sept. 18. (It's set to continue until November to compel legislators to pass a rate freeze.) After online billpayers griped that they couldn't participate, Quinn posted a virtual tea bag on his website--and 1,500 were e-mailed to the utilities on the first day. "I believe in direct citizen action," he says. "That's the only...
...West has been unable to compel Iran to comply with its demands. Despite all the work Rice has put into her coalition, diplomatic efforts are moving too slowly, some believe, to stop the Iranians before they acquire the makings of a nuclear device. And Iran has played its hand shrewdly so far. Tehran took weeks to reply to a formal proposal from the U.N. Security Council calling on a halt to uranium enrichment. When it did, its official response was a mosaic of half-steps, conditions and boilerplate that suggested Tehran has little intention of backing down. "The Iranians," says...
...adamant that the interrogation program is "a thing of the past." One or both of the competing bills may come to the floor of the Senate as early as the end of this week. For now, at least, it appears it will take more than the Iron Lady to compel the Administration opponents to back down...