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...combatant force is to disorganize the enemy's original concentration and mobilization of troops and to demoralize the civilian population. During the first three weeks of each armys concentration the air force will act alone and it may be able by spreading panic, to break down resistance and compel cessation of hostilities...
...months had taught him much. Soon he would doff the disguise and go back to Russia. Possible candidates for whippings and roastings drifted through his mind. As for his people, he would change their mode of dress, force them to shave their beards, compel them to smoke. A navy second to none and Russia modernized. . . . All in good time...
...people are willing to have it forced down their throats. It is well to remember in connection with the governmental attempt to invade the territory of private business, that Public Utilities Commissions have been set up in the public interest and may be made more effective. Further, consumers may compel the commission to fix "fair" rates (usually a 6 per cent return on invested capital) by obtaining a court writ of mandamus, and stockholders may receive an injunction from the court when the commission's rulings amount to confiscation of invested capital...
...drafted the amendment would compel the Government to pay prevailing wage rates on construction projects undertaken under the pending bill. The rates, however, would be frozen at the level existing when the program is initiated
After Jan. 1, 1938 the SEC may compel any or all registered holding companies to reorganize with an eye to simplifying corporate structures and aligning operating properties in compact integrated groups. Final liquidation must start not later than...