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Iceland's current internal disorders create a situation which distorts the significance of that small island nation far out of proportion to its size. The Icelandic Parliament's recent resolution, to be voted on in June, would compel NATO forces to withdraw from the country. More than forcing retreat from a vitally strategic position, the resolution, if passed, would constitute a serious and growing threat to NATO cohesion...
...sidestepped these proposals by pointing out that he asked Congress in his State of the Union message to authorize a joint commission to investigate illegal discrimination in the South. The advantage of Congressional commission, according to the President, would be its power to subpoena witnesses and compel them to testify...
Adams, Dunster, Kirkland, and Winthrop were the winners in the first round of debates sponsored by the newly-formed House Debate League. The question was: "Resolved: That the Federal Government should compel the state of Alabama to grant equal educational opportunities to Negroes...
...secretary of agriculture. Given authority over the land, Joseph stored corn in the plenteous years and sold it back to the people during the famine for gold rings, cattle and land. But there has been great dispute about Joseph's right to appropriate surplus crops and then compel the people to pay for them. What is more, his system eventually resulted in state ownership of all the land, and some people thought that was entirely too much government control...
...annual population increase," said Institute Director George H. L. Zeegers in The Hague last week. "In the rest of the world Catholics are contributing to the problem by the doctrine they advocate. We as Catholics have duty to find a solution to the problem. My aim is to compel the church to see its responsibility...