Word: compelled
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Fear Betrayal. Subpoenas are commonly used to compel personal testimony or the production of documents before official proceedings, usually a judicial hearing such as a grand jury. They are available to both the prosecution and defense. Unlike warrants, their justification need not be demonstrated in advance before a judge, but their validity may be challenged after they are issued, on the grounds that they are oppressive, burdensome or irrelevant. Anyone failing to comply with a valid subpoena order is subject to a contempt citation and, often, jailing...
...radical organizer. Alinsky says that he is trying to induce "some leading left-wing economists and emancipated corporation executives" to help him form an organization called Proxies for People. It would solicit proxies from foundations, mutual funds, union welfare funds, churches and universities, and vote them to compel corporations to pursue such social goals as ending pollution. Alinsky says that he is getting voluntary proxies every day from individual sympathizers-and telephone calls from worried and presumably unemancipated corporation executives sounding him out about his intentions...
...Peking these days, is convinced that China must begin to emerge from the isolation of the Cultural Revolution, and 2) the Chinese are genuinely fearful that a breakdown of the border negotiations could lead to war with the Soviet Union, and are hoping that talks with the U.S. will compel Moscow to become more conciliatory...