For weeks now, the prosecution, trying to make the case that Mr. Marshall took advantage of his mother's mental frailty, has compelled witness after witness, dear friend after dear friend, to say for the public record the things that we all hope, should we end up in a state of mental decline, would go unsaid to anyone but the doctors, and only if they really must know.
"While it has been rare for Governor Quinn to commute a sentence, the governor was compelled to act after learning details of this case," Katie Hickey, a spokesperson for Quinn, told me.
Many parents will recognize the introverted, bookish youth who spent countless hours surfing the Web and listening to hip-hop music, but few will be able to follow the logic that compelled him, after his conversion to Islam at 16, to undertake a spiritual journey to Yemen and later, to attend a madrasa, or religious school, in northern Pakistan.
Some readers might take a look at that 59% off number for Roberts's book and be compelled to buy--after all, it's hard to resist a good deal.
The books celebrate The Family, the one cause every Democrat feels compelled to embrace after Monicagate.
Many voters said they were compelled to come after they were told their county — and votes — wouldn't count.
I was compelled to write after reading Jonathan Kozol's Soapbox essay, "The Shame of the Nation" (June 4).
Smith was compelled into action after discovering the lack of access on the Arts Council's website The Space.
His predecessor in the position, Norihiko Akagi, was compelled to resign after the July upper-house election, having battled various allegations of impropriety connected to political finance.
