Word: compelled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the x/rost dejected and reluctant convert in all England. I did not then see . . . the Divine humility which will accept a convert even on such terms ... a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful . . . The words com-pelle intrare, compel them to come in ... plumb the depth of the Divine mercy. The hardness of God is kinder than the soft ness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation...
...maintained that insufficient evidence existed as to the exact subject of inquiry and that even if it did, the committee did not have the power to compel answers to its questions...
...determination of the common man to raise his standard of living. In some cases, private industry is trying to do the job, in others the people are being shepherded by governments. I would like to see other countries developed under the free-enterprise system, but we cannot force or compel them. We can only try to persuade them by setting a good example. America can show the world that it has developed an exceptionally rewarding society...
...because world opinion insistently demanded it as a step which represented elemental justice. In the same way world opinion will act as a compulsion on the Soviet Union to relax its grip upon East Germany and to permit the unification of Germany. Also, I believe that world opinion will compel the restoration of national independence to the captive states of Eastern Europe. Independence must also come to those dependent countries whose people desire independence and are capable of sustaining it. We can, and indeed we must, look forward to an era of peaceful change. We do not seek other than...
...unprecedented number of requests for parking permits from resident undergraduates will probably compel the University to expand the Business School parking area this fall, Charles C. Pyne, Assistant to the Administrative Vice President, said yesterday...