Word: compelled
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Regardless of the merits of their position, it is wrong to compel them to support something that runs counter to the teachings of their church and the voice of their conscience. Under the current system, opponents of abortion are able to make a private peace with the system, knowing that they do not help to maintain abortion. The number of people who take advantage of the refund is so small that eliminating it does nothing to secure the availability of abortion. It is a gratuitous and unconscionable attempt to force a minority to violate their religious and moral beliefs...
...bill, sponsored by a Virginia Republican, Robert Goodlatte, would compel Internet Service Providers (ISPs) serving the American public - well-known examples are AOL, Earthlink and WorldNet - to block sites offering gambling. It would also punish Internet venues that allowed Americans to place bets online. The players themselves would not be penalized, and the bill would maintain a hands-off approach toward certain types of gambling, specifically pari-mutuel games and lotteries, currently permitted in many states...
This form of nationalism is strange indeed. The significance of the integrity of Chinese soil seems to have overtaken the importance of the inhabitants of this patch of earth. If the communists proceed along a course perilously close to war, they might find themselves occupying wasteland, if circumstances compel them to make good their threats. Oddly enough, the mainland regime seems to believe that death threats would induce their compatriots to eagerly embrace the mainland and consider communist proposals for reunification...
Additionally, McCain's attacks on the Republican establishment--particularly the Christian right--might compel the Republican Party to reform itself and go after a larger spectrum of voters...
...month after Murder in Greenwich came out, Connecticut impaneled Judge George Thim as its one-man grand jury with the power to compel testimony on the Moxley case. Although prosecutors cannot comment on the decision, it may have been influenced not only by the Sutton leaks but also by another unusual break. After seeing an episode about the case on TV's Unsolved Mysteries, several alumni of the Elan School called to say that between 1978 and 1980 Skakel admitted involvement in Moxley's killing. Three of them were among the 40 witnesses Thim called. Their testimony presumably buttressed...