Word: compelled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Deterring Aggression. Bringing the U.N. air and sea attack to the China mainland would give Air Force and Navy the strategic goals for which they are designed. It might disorganize Red China's industries and communications, notably coastal shipping. It would certainly compel the Reds to spread their defensive air power thinly up & down the 2,500 miles of Chinese territory. Unless the Reds brought in from Russia another 1000 or more
...North Atlantic Alliance is a coalition, not a federation; its Supreme Commander Ike Eisenhower can only beg, he cannot compel. How much should each of the twelve partners contribute to the common defense...
Anglo-Iranian, which has not produced a drop from its refinery in these weeks, will cut 70,000 Iranians from its payroll, stop the flow of revenue which accounts for 43% of the Iranian national budget. The British hoped such economic blows would compel a change of heart, perhaps through a change of government. But there was an unpleasant prospect in this plan: a Red-led regime and economic chaos might replace Mossadeq. The septuagenarian Premier himself clung desperately to a belief that Allah, or perhaps the U.S., would somehow retrieve the situation...
...Cities may compel employees to sign loyalty oaths...
...Gaullists, the largest party in the new Assembly, will be able to make the party voice heard more firmly than in the past, may be able to compel the Third Force to follow some of its policies. Still a possibility: De Gaulle may be able to split some of the Third Force groups away from the center, form a coalition government with them. If that happens, the Reds are sure to make trouble. The Communists suffered a sharp loss in Assembly seats, suffered losses (less severe) in popular vote as compared with 1946. But they are still France...