• The issue is not to force corporations to comply with rules that do not exist.

    FORBES: Corporate Tax 2.0: Why France and the World Need a New Tax System for the Digital Age

  • According to one UK government source, they have yet to decide whether or not to force an earlier vote on Scotland's future.

    BBC: SNP treads 'road to independence'

  • Down the road, such a conversation will be far more valuable if you choose not to force your boss into a buyback offer.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The crisis was resolved only when the Congress government made good on an earlier promise by the founding prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, not to force Hindi on the nation.

    CNN: Center Cut

  • Concerned that the transitional administration of Hamid Karzai could not cope, Afghanistan's minister for refugees asked Britain and other European countries not to force asylum-seekers back to the war-ravaged country.

    ECONOMIST: Politics this week | The

  • And how can I trust someone with my life, when I can't trust them not to force me out of the military if I accidentally slip up and reveal the truth about myself?

    NPR: Capt. Rawlings Takes Questions from Sadr City

  • The United States must be a strong and consistent partner in this process not to force concessions, but to help committed partners avoid stalemate and the kind of vacuums that are filled by violence.

    NPR: Transcript: Obama's Speech at AIPAC

  • But the president's real skill in handling the budget has been to transform his weakness over the Lewinsky saga into a paradoxical strength: the Republicans, who were seen as obdurate extremists when the 1995 budget battle ended in a government shutdown, have been desperate not to force a second shutdown by inviting a presidential veto.

    ECONOMIST: The budget

  • Though failure to win a majority in the upper house is not going to force a change of government, the election has turned into a referendum on Mr Hashimoto's leadership.

    ECONOMIST: Japan

  • As for China, we should make it clear that we will hold Beijing to its agreement not to use force against Taiwan and that we will be prepared to defend that island if it is attacked.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • If Tanigaki does not try to force a vote of confidence as it seems he will not it is because he fears that a general election would not deliver victory to the LDP whose support (now around 25% of voters) has not been enhanced by his transparently insincere manipulations.

    FORBES: For PM Noda: A Week of Political Drama and the Challenge Ahead

  • Does that mean that since the President has already said all options are on the table, he's going to have to make that decision within a year whether or not to use military force to deal with Iran's nuclear program?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • We were not trying to force it and there was a lot of unselfish play.

    BBC: SPORT | Rugby Union | Lions in NZ | Set pieces hold key - McGeechan

  • "Enter the reality of the person with dementia and do not try to force them to enter yours, " Morhardt said.

    CNN: Building relationships amid memory loss

  • Mr Mesa, who has hitherto sworn not to use force against the blockaders, is hoping that Bolivians will reject their tactics.

    ECONOMIST: Turmoil in Bolivia

  • If you've got health insurance that you're happy with through the private sector, then we are not going to force you to do anything.

    NPR: Obama Pitches Health Care Overhaul In Wisconsin

  • This has been a major sticking point, with Baghdad previously maintaining that it was not able to force scientists to consent to private interviews.

    BBC: UN weapons inspectors search site in Iraq

  • After the game, in which he logged 41 minutes, Anthony said, "I'm not going to force it, " in regards to playing in Sunday's exhibition.

    WSJ: Youkilis: 'I'll Always Be a Red Sock'

  • We should take the North Koreans at their word and announce that we too recognize that there is no longer any agreement not to use force.

    FORBES: How to Stop North Korea

  • MacAnthony would not rule out the possibility of more departures from London Road but insisted he was not looking to force anyone out of the club.

    BBC: Nottingham Forest sign Peterborough's George Boyd

  • Unlike batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, still playing at 41, Muralitharan does not want to force the selectors to drop him, preferring to bow out under his own terms.

    BBC: Muttiah Muralitharan to retire from Test cricket

  • And there were a few jinking cameos from his fellow winger Shane Williams, but perhaps not enough to force his way into the side for the trip to Pretoria.

    BBC: Emerging Springboks 13-13 Lions

  • La Tribune de Geneve suggests voters rejected a full ban because they did not want to force the smaller cantons into changing their local laws, and because of resentment at perceived state interference in people's lives.

    BBC: Swiss reject full ban on smoking in public spaces

  • No less firm is his message to South Africa's whites, who still hold most of the country's economic power: if they do not change things voluntarily, he will not hesitate to force them to do so.

    ECONOMIST: Who is Thabo Mbeki?

  • Although many observers predict that AOL would try to bring the ICQ users onto the IM platform, a company spokeswoman acknowledged that the two sets of users are very different and said the company does not plan to force one group to migrate from one system to the other.

    CNN: AOL tests linking of instant messenger services

  • The German-led threat to curtail EU subsidies may not be enough to force Poland and Spain to accept cuts in their voting power.

    ECONOMIST: A constitution in tatters

  • And as your Commander-in-Chief, I want you to know something: I will not hesitate to use force to protect the American people or our vital interests.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks to Military Personnel in Pensacola, FL | The White House

  • Though given GM's willingness to help Delphi, Miller may decide this is not the time to force the issue.

    NPR: Questions Surround GM Buyout Offer

  • Some liberal Democrats complained he was too quick to back the president's approach on Iraq and did not do enough to force a coherent party alternative to President Bush's approach on the economy.

    CNN: Gephardt considers future

  • So the ability to not grow enough will start to force heavy handed changes by the same people that wrecked our economy, most of us will not be on their save list.

    FORBES: Connect

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