She threw it on the floor. I forced her to get out of her chair to pick the spoon up.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

As president in eighteen fifty-three, Pierce was forced to choose between two policies on the issue of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

During the eighteen hundreds, the federal government forced American Indians to live on lands called reservations.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

These laws forced black people to attend separate schools, live in separate areas of a city and sit in separate areas on a bus.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

The two astronauts explored an area that they called Tranquility Base. Lack of space in their lunar spacecraft,the Eagle, forced them to leave equipment on the surface.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

Why would people take a chance on getting involved with forced labor?

VOA: special.2009.06.08

It forced the Indians to live on government-controlled reservations.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been indicted on corruption allegations that forced him to resign last year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Scheduling decisions made well before the tournament have forced some teams to travel long distances and play on short rest.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

He says having relief supplies on hand will help alleviate some of the suffering experienced by people forced to flee their homes.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

Residents are being forced out of the historic center as they search for cheaper housing and easier living conditions on the mainland.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The border closures have forced Gaza to rely on goods smuggled through underground tunnels from Egypt.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

As negotiations for their release dragged on, Lindhout says she was routinely beaten and forced to call her mother by phone to plead for payment.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Authorities blame the clashes on violent elements among the protesters that they say have fired grenades and guns at soldiers who were forced to return fire.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

He served as prime minister during a rocky nine months in 2008, before being forced out of office over allegations that his aids tried to influence a court ruling on a banking sale.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Even as women's groups applauded the code as a way to combat the forced marriage of young girls and give wives more economic power, many Mali women opposed it as an attack on traditional values.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27