Over time, the stories of these prisoners generate pressure on the international community to take a stand.
According to witnesses on the island, at some point in the last week part of the pressure being generated was lost.
But most tend to have money - enough to generate political pressure to protect their choice.
This has generated additional pressures on prices and building materials.
But others argue that Congressional hearings will help generate enough political pressure to force change.
In time, that in itself may generate pressure to increase defense spending.
With the development of trucks that could generate high pressure for fighting fires, the water main system was no longer needed.
The Jets will most likely use even more blitzes to generate pressure.
A disastrous showing could have generated pressures for his removal.
It certainly would have generated pressure for military intervention, which President Bush was trying to avoid.