Word: compellent
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...Still, while the problems of democracy and security in Africa may once have been contemplated from a polite distance, President Bush's trip may usher in an era in which the twin U.S. concerns of energy and terrorism increasingly compel Washington to embrace some of Africa's problems...
...Bush administration has already begun pressing for international action to compel Iran to submit to further inspections and prove its compliance with the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty - Secretary of State Colin Powell plans to argue the case at the G8 meeting in France this weekend...
...Iran has even gone a step further: Its national radio suggested on Friday that Iraq's neighbors could use their "economic resources, including oil" as a "lever to compel America to put on the brakes in many spheres...
...justified in attacking Iraq, the human consequences of the invasion compel us to stand up against the march to war. If, on the other hand, the benefits of war outweigh the costs, then every citizen has a responsibility to push the country towards war. The conflict in Iraq is the defining choice for our generation. Differences of opinion are understandable; apathy...
...homosexuality, telling him to "take the position I use when my lover and I make love." On the third day, he says, they gave him the notorious treatment known as la Bolsa - "the bag" - a plastic sack pulled over the head to cause a panic they hoped would compel him to name his ETA contacts. But Otamendi insists he has none. His only relationship with the terrorists, he says, was several interviews conducted years ago. "There's never been any suggestions from ETA to our paper, no orders, absolutely nothing," he says. Otamendi's explosive and still unproven story...