The economy was on its knees, and the abuse of trade union power had made Britain almost ungovernable.

The use of force and sanctions

In particular, the attitude to the use of force and the way they're trained to use force is especially different.

He just promised not to use force against protesters.

They're trained to be more restrained in the use of force than the military are.

The operative words in section are assault or criminal force, which in separate definitions given in the Code quite clearly signify overt force or threat of force.

Sense and Nonsense about Disproportionate Force

Corruption, nepotism, repression, misuse of power are everywhere ...

There were three essential areas of importance in studying sexual abuse the frequency and repetitiveness of the abuse, the silence of the victims, and the unawareness of the mothers of victims.

War and force may be down, but they are not out. Instead, the use of force is taking new forms.

The Asian economies have been particularly aggressive in the use of such incentives.

It is important to use both the arms and legs to provide the leverage to start the push.

Indeed, one lesson of the efforts since 2001 is that there is no way to avoid broad cooperation. In that sense, the metaphor of war with its emphasis on military force is misleading.

And the best way to do that is still by negotiating, rather than by using force.

CAMBRIDGE China and Russia have just provided the world with sharp contrasts in the use of power.

At the same time, peacekeeping operations had raised some controversial issues concerning, in particular, the abuse of force, the excessive and the robust use of force, the basis for using such force, misconduct by personnel, relations with local authorities and other aspects of such operations.

(g) The reassurance that strict provisions of law are in place to govern the use of force, including the use of sedatives and other medication, in the execution of deportation orders

In the early 21st century, Fresnel reflectors began to be used in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants to concentrate solar energy.

Hopes to dominate outer space through the use of force are illusory.

It is understood that this is an attempt to regulate the use of force by the Security Council, not by States.

Guatemala hoped that States parties to the new convention would either refrain from using, or use only with great care, the power granted under article 19, paragraph 2 and article 21, paragraph 1.

Referring to the bio psycho social treatment provided to victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence, she said that women could not fully recover from their ordeals until their abusers were imprisoned.

These new friends liked the ruthless use of force, the ethnic nationalism, the continued humiliation of the Palestinians.

According to the Secretary General, such a resolution should also set out criteria to guide the Security Council in authorizing or resorting to the use of force.

So their attitudes to the use of lethal force are very different, and I think it's fairly obvious that their attitude to the use of non lethal weapons would also be very different from what it is with the police.

It further condemned the disproportionate use of force against civilians and the creation of a humanitarian crisis by Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

No great economic power in history has been born without force until now.

They are coercive, but they fall short of the threat or use of military force. Will they be enough to stop the killing?

Russia has a number of means of pressuring Ukraine short of using military force.

They are quite separate from the rules which regulate the lawfulness of the resort to armed force.

The Rio Group views with interest a General Assembly debate on the use of force in accordance with the Charter.

The Secretary General has proposed a pragmatic and balanced set of principles for addressing the use of force.

It is wrong to apply the weight of economic power to pressure developing countries for political purposes.

The requirement that any force used must be reasonable also ensured that criminal liability would apply in appropriate cases.

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela can accept the use of force only in cases of legitimate self defence.

That will require more use of the soft power of attraction rather than relying so heavily on hard military power, as the Bush administration has done.

For the use of force to be necessary, it must yield a direct military advantage that contributes to thwarting the aggression.

Yet the mantle of a regional power sometimes requires using that leverage for the greater good of the region.

the personal security of UNMOs is threatened because of the potential misinterpretation of use of force guidance found in the rules of engagement.

But multilateralism is a global insurance policy against abuse of power by any state.

There are two reasons why international law is tolerant of the use of all, or nearly all, necessary force.

The Nigerian military is caught between two grim positions forceful attack and losing the girls or slow negotiations.

In other words, as long as a person is able to resist the use by law enforcement officials of the degree of force legitimately required by the exigencies of the situation, the use of force falls outside the scope of the prohibition of CIDT.

The Cold War was won by a combination of military power, which deterred Soviet aggression, and the attractive power of Western culture and ideas.

The US presidential election in 1992 made George H. W. Bush s administration reluctant to use military force.