Word: compelling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doctor, works in London's famed Harley Street, where doctors' fees are reputed highest in the world. During the House of Commons' question time one day last week, Edith Summerskill, M.P., M.D., stood up and asked: "Will the Prime Minister consider the introduction of legislation to compel wage earners to disclose their wages to their wives?" The other eight women M.P.s sat up in their seats, the 341 men* took a deep breath as Neville Chamberlain, whose good spouse knows very well that his quarterly Government pay check is $12,500, rose to answer. Said he, somewhat...
...Chinese scholars, who have been blown to Kumming in the South, have established a new national library. It is a library without books. To fill it, an appeal has been broadcast to the world and to Harvard College. The spirit of unity which binds fellow seekers after knowledge should compel a willing response...
...including unions) due notice of intention to investigate a contract. NLRB's retort (in its annual report): ". . . In most of such cases the beneficiary of the employer's illegal acts also secures a collective agreement and is naturally loath to recognize the board's duty to compel the employer to forego the fruits of his violation...
...Coed," current offering of the Keith Memorial Theatre, surprises as a near-uproarious satire. There are frequent dull moments, particularly when Hollywood gives its standard expose of how college students live, but the most of the situations are either so ridiculous or so close to the truth that they compel laughter. Enough in itself is the wild-eyed performance of John Barrymore as Gabby Harrigan, the governor with the Communist thatch, who makes political promises solely in order to brighten the voters' lives with anticipation. Framework for the picture's satiric thrusts is the story of an exotic senatorial campaign...
Chief problem in Centerville is poor dirt roads, which keep a traveling library away, make newspapers and mail late, compel farmers to do their own carrying to market. When Farmer Hand, trucking strawberries, gets stuck in the mud and his strawberries spoil, Centerville's people decide to build a concrete road. Crotchety old Farmer Banks (who is unpopular among Centerville's children because he chases swimmers from his creek) stalls progress by refusing to let his barn be moved out of the way, but finally gives in to avoid accidents at a sharp turn in the road near...