• The law stipulates that anyone convicted of kidnapping, illegally detaining, or jailing people by force or under false pretences face a prison sentence of no less than seven years.

    BBC: Libya PM's aide Mohamed al-Ghattous freed by kidnappers

  • Bad guys are deterred by force, the threat of force, or by their cold calculation that the costs of evil behavior are not worth the risk.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Chemical weapons treaty quicksand

  • If a person converts another by the use of force or by inducement or by any other fraudulent means , they can be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.

    ECONOMIST: Religious conversions

  • It's especially evident in the places where the Puritans first landed and built their first settlements, where explorers traveled westward to fulfill the country's manifest destiny, and to purchase or take land by force.

    CNN: Where to find exceptional America

  • Markets were born when humans chose to acquire what they needed by trading with each other rather than producing it themselves or taking from someone else by force.

    FORBES: It's the Age of the Customer -- Get Over It!

  • It was not clear whether the former Baath Party leader was taken into custody by force or whether he surrendered.

    CNN: Iraqi nuclear scientist surrenders to U.S. troops

  • If a cycle of positive individual market results increases, more and more people could move to the individual market, by choice or force.

    FORBES: Employers Dropping Health Care Coverage Could Benefit Health Care Quality and Cost

  • We are some of the hardiest of individuals, and as our country continues to change by force or otherwise, we will adapt to it.

    FORBES: The Tax Connection

  • The Department of Financial Services said the agreements also call for restitution to homeowners erroneously charged for or driven into default by force-placed insurance.

    WSJ: QBE to pay $10M over force-placed insurance

  • The start of the second term is likely to be preoccupied with more of the same: International efforts to remove al-Qaeda-linked rebels from the north of Mali - by force or negotiation or both - and efforts to ensure that Zimbabwe and Kenya avoid repeating the violence that wrecked their last elections.

    BBC: Obama second term: What it means for Africa

  • Any time an embassy or diplomatic facility is attacked by force with weapons and Americans are killed, that is an act of terror under the definition of terrorism that applies at the NCTC and elsewhere.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • And if this options expense fad becomes a trend--which it will either by regulatory force or investor mandate--it could bring about one last disruptive shift in valuations for a market still trying to find a bottom.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The San Remo resolutions were incorporated into international law through the mandates issued by the League of Nations and their legal force has never been cancelled or superseded by any subsequent treaty or binding international resolution.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Making Israel's case

  • Raising NCR's productivity to at least IBM's standards would mean either cutting about half of its 35, 000-strong work force or increasing sales by 40%.

    FORBES: Too little and probably too late

  • The driving force behind Thrift Store Confidential is convincing others, and myself, that there is no shame in downsizing, either by force, choice or circumstance, and that there is a joyful and meaningful life to be had in the margins of what was previously held as the American Dream.

    FORBES: Parity and Peace vs. Manolo Blahniks

  • No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled . nor will we proceed with force against him . except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.

    BBC: Magazine

  • Or can it be explained by a new force--rapidly rising prosperity around the world?

    FORBES: Trillion-Dollar Question, Part II

  • Few Peruvians forget the day in 1992 when their president told them he was closing Congress and the courts, or his decision last year to free by force the hostages held in the Japanese ambassador's residence.

    ECONOMIST: Peru

  • This is the moment when the Lords' power is at its greatest, when brinkmanship by the Opposition or rebel groups can force ministers into concessions, for fear of losing an entire piece of legislation because it's not agreed as the session ends.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • Or would it, by making the FDA the only force guarding the public's safety, actually make things worse?

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The official said U.S. or allied personnel wouldn't board the ship by force and would search the ship only with the permission of its crew.

    WSJ: U.S. Fortifies Hawaii to Meet Threat From Korea

  • Competition will force Poland to reform industries owned or protected by the state, such as energy, farming and arms.

    ECONOMIST: Poland

  • More than a third of the 182 Predators deployed by the Air Force have crashed in combat or other operations, according to Air Force statistics.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Shatter cones are surface features with distinctive wavy patterns that are known to be created only by the tremendous force of a meteorite impact or an underground nuclear explosion.

    MSN: Massive meteorite crater found in Canadian Arctic

  • The following year he spoke about how he survived after the vehicle he was in was hit by an improvised explosive device or IED, with the force of the blast snapping a couple of the machine guns in half.

    BBC: Capt Stephen Healey remembered with football match

  • The question now is whether we allow the health insurance companies to hold onto the benefits of this reform by keeping the extra money they are pocketing or force them to hold the line on premiums as a result of their good fortune.

    FORBES: More Solid Proof That Obamacare Is Working

  • The United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, or UNIFIL, was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 on 19 March 1978, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, secure international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government implement its effective authority in the area.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Why Hezbollah attacked Argentina

  • That is described by world governing body Fifa as using "excessive force or brutality against an opponent".

    BBC: FA to look into Ferguson remarks

  • He said considerable force would have to have been used by gripping or squeezing the rib cage such as if the child was in a high-speed road accident.

    BBC: Barry McCarney

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