Word: compeling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...passions and factionalism of Irish politics compel him to perform a nonstop tightrope act between moderates and militants; he is working for a peaceful solution to the ageless "Irish question" while trying to avoid an outright collision with the Irish Republican Army, whose most extreme faction is trying to shoot its way to a reunification of Ireland, north and south...
...officials of the United Mine Workers were found in breach of fiduciary trust for allowing millions in assets to languish in a mine-controlled bank. The D.C. Transit Co. invested $2 million owed to its workers' pension fund to finance its own real estate. Javits' bill would compel fund managers to buy insurance against defaults or bankruptcies...
...social points at stake for more than eight months. The result last week was an 8,000-word policy statement that spelled out once again the President's conservative philosophy: the Executive Branch should move no further nor faster in the area of civil rights than the courts compel. Thus while Nixon vowed to enforce vigorously legislation and Supreme Court rulings already on the books, he chose to interpret those laws narrowly. He carved out careful distinctions between racial and economic discrimination and shifted the initiative for fair-housing regulation from the Federal Government to local communities...
...Radcliffe senior had made eight harassing phone calls between 12:50 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. which the telephone company had traced to the defendant's phone. The report explained that "the Committee was unable to determine responsibility for the phone harassment" because "the CRR has no power to compel testimony under 'cress examination...
...loyal supporter of Administration military policies, introduced a resolution that would curtail presidential power to make future wars. After years of objecting to the heavy U.S. troop commitment in Europe, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield took decisive action: he introduced an amendment to the draft bill that would compel the Administration to reduce American forces in NATO by one-half...