Word: compelling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...experience will be of great value to the present crew. The rowing material is unusually good. Langford, Crose, Longacre and Beard are still eligible, to say nothing of the three substitutes of last year. Yale would like to have the race come off the first of September. This would compel both crews to keep in training all summer. It is believed, however, that the English crew will be willing to do this for the sake of meeting Yale...
...raid has of course caused annoyance, both because of the loss of the instruments and because of the fear that similar raids will be made and thus compel the abandonment of the station. As it is the highest meteorological station in the world, such abandonment would be a heavy disaster...
Question, "Resolved, That when necessary to obtain a quorum in the House of Representatives, the Speaker should be empowered to compel the voting of members...
Question, "Resolved, That when necessary to obtain a quorum in the House of Representatives, the Speaker should be empowered to compel the voting of members...
...support renders abuse of political privilege possible. How different is the role of the men of independent action! They may assert their independence without relinquishing their political beliefs, as proved by the Democratic lawyers of New York who refused to support Judge Maynard; and by their very independence they compel parties to take up worthy issues in the hope of gaining or retaining such voters...