Perhaps it would even compel Congress to be more efficient while in session.
It doesn't even compel as the sort of tabloid police-blotter tale on which "Stranger" is a variation.
So big, in fact, that one network was even compelled to pre-empt that ratings queen of justice in the afternoon, Judge Judy.
This approach even compels Iran to actively seek and maintain negotiations, because were it to pull out, its international prestige would suffer.
He argues that regulators should enforce collateral and capital requirements, limit or ban certain kinds of concentrated bank lending, and even compel financial companies to develop "living wills" that specify how they are to be liquidated in an orderly way.
Deterrence in the strictest cold war sense refers to the idea that you induce, even compel, an adversary not to do something by credibly threatening terrible pain and suffering in retaliation.
Which is why the ethics committee investigator, Michael Garcia, without the power to summon witnesses, seize phone records or email or even compel those no longer in football to talk, was always going to be up against it.
PC makers, who were contractually required by Microsoft to ship products with Vista, were compelled to offer "downgrades" from Vista to XP, and user appreciation even compelled Microsoft to extend its official support of the older OS through 2014, three years beyond its normal support policies.
