His friendliness, compelling at first, could suddenly turn sour.
Most of all, we hoped that banks would be compelled, at long last, to aggressively modify millions of additional loans.
The worst of the credit squeeze this year has compelled at least a few business people to flee the country or even commit suicide.
But the global downturn and the burden of the government's response on its resources appear to have compelled at least some policy makers to reconsider.
Protectionist policies in Europe were relatively mild in the second half of the 19th century, although France, Germany, and several other countries were compelled at times to impose customs duties as a means of sheltering their growing industrial sectors from British competition.
In the poem Descent of Inanna, she sets forth to visit Ereshkigal's kingdom in splendid dress, only to be compelled, at each of the seven gates, to shed a piece of her regalia.
The Count of Flanders tried to overthrow van Artevelde's power by force of arms but failed completely and was compelled at Bruges to sign a treaty (June 21 , 1338 sanctioning the federation of Ghent, Bruges, and Ypres.
One answer is that whatever measures are necessary to save the nation from suicide are, if not compelled, at least permitted by the Constitution, whatever the text, history or precedents might seem to imply.
Concerns over its widespread use in baseball compelled at least two team doctors to stop using it, according to a medical staff member of a major league team who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to implicate his team.
Ms. Newman, who was a child when most of the events in this book occurred, admits in an author's note that "I was compelled at times to create what I believed was plausible and likely dialogue to bring the actual scenes to life".
