coercive measures
71voluntary — done under duress or compulsion Such as attendance at a church parade in the army or an admission of guilt obtained under duress: ... denied that any coercive measures had been used in obtaining the voluntary confession . (Lavine, 1930) …
72Cameroon — A West African territory and German colony as of 1884. After centuries of intermittent contact with Europeans eager to trade for slaves, ivory, rubber, and palm products, Cameroon was colonized by Germany and quickly became the largest and… …
73Mao Zedong — (1893–1976) Chinese Marxism is dominated by the figure of Mao Zedong who was its foremost political leader and theoretician during his lifetime, and remains hugely influential. Born into a peasant family in Hunan province, he was politically… …
74Taft-Hartley Act, 1947 — Named after the respective chairmen of the two congressional labor committees, Senator Robert A. Taft and representative Fred L. Hartley Jr., the Taft Hartley Act, also known as the Labor Management Relations Act, was passed over President… …
75totalitarian state — noun a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures • Syn: ↑totalitation regime • Hypernyms: ↑government, ↑authorities, ↑regime …
76totalitation regime — noun a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures • Syn: ↑totalitarian state • Hypernyms: ↑government, ↑authorities, ↑regime …
77kick butt — phrasal : to use bluntly forceful or coercive measures in order to achieve a desired end ; also : to succeed or win overwhelmingly * * * kick (some) ass/butt/mainly american impolite phrase to show someone what you are capable of doing or… …
78APOSTASY — APOSTASY, term applied by members of the deserted faith for the change of one faith, set of loyalties, and worship for another. The conception of apostasy could not arise in the atmosphere of polytheism practiced in antiquity before the advent of …
79MARSEILLES — MARSEILLES, capital of the department of Bouches du Rhône; second largest town in France. The earliest recorded presence of Jews in Marseilles can be traced to the sixth century. In 574 there was a sufficient number to provide asylum for the Jews …
80TOULOUSE — (Heb. טולושה), capital of the department of Haute Garonne, in southern France. According to a legendary tradition, there were Jews in Toulouse as early as the eighth century, when as a result of their disloyalty to the ruling Franks, they were… …
