Word: compelling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seizing complete control of New York politics. Finally, Lindsay unquestionably is a man of conscience, and his conscience was hurting him. As he explained after declaring his candidacy: "I was born and have lived in New York City all my life. I enter this fight because conscience and duty compel me and because I believe that with proper leadership our city can once again be restored as the Empire City of the world. Cities are for people and for living, and yet under its present tired administration, New York City has become a place that is no longer for people...
Congressional pressure is building for legislation that would compel automakers to equip new cars with a host of safety devices. Connecticut's Senator Abraham Ribicoff recently accused the auto industry of "dragging its feet in the field of safety measures," urged federal action. Congress has already authorized the General Services Administration to require, beginning in September 1967, 17 different safety items-from shock absorbing steering wheels to exhaust controls-on the 60,000 passenger vehicles it buys annually for the Government. Wisconsin's Senator Gaylord Nelson has introduced a bill that would require these same safety items...
Despite the apparent interest in drugs, the Council may be able to do little to compel the Police Department to increase its anti-narcotics forces...
...series of legal steps-including public hearing in Mississippi and other parts of the country-will keep the dispute from Congress until late June or early July. Then the MFDP, withe the aid of the student lobbyists, hopes to out the congressmen and thereby compel new Mississippi elections...
Meeting in an emergency session last night, the B.U. Student Congress voted disapproval of Case's decision to invoke a dusty section of the newspaper's charter which permits the administration to censor student articles and compel the paper to print whatever articles the administration sees fit to submit...