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That at least is the opinion of oilmen and Government officials. Last week they were considering whether a renewed Iranian cutoff would create havoc in world markets and compel "oil sharing" among the U.S. and 19 other members of the International Energy Agency...
...compel publication of corporate statistics on occupational safety, affirmative action and environmental controls...
...compel freshmen to accept reassignment to even out the ratios...
...Detente has not failed: we never really tried it. The Jackson-Vanik amendment (to compel Soviets to let more Jews emigrate) prevented them from gaining favored-nation status in trade, and SALT II was already dead, at least in their eyes, way before Afghanistan. Since they were not getting any benefits from restraint, why should they restrain themselves...
...weeks ago, the Justice Department tried to compel Noraid to designate the Provisional wing of the I.R.A. as its "foreign principal." Noraid refused, and its attorney, former New York City Council President Paul O'Dwyer, insisted, "We won't be falsely labeled...