To this the Fairy made no answer, and the steady pressure of her arm compelled Mark to go with her along the passage.

After more than a year of threats and negotiations, pressure from the king compelled Peckham to drop the issue quietly.

Yet the pressure of persistent strikes has compelled the Jaruzelski regime reluctantly to acknowledge reality.

But it seemed unlikely that such pressure could compel Abkhazian forces to withdraw from strategic positions they now occupied.

Extensive public pressure has compelled some city agencies to extend leases by a few years.

The report by the nonpartisan budget office warned, however, that fiscal pressures might compel the city to provide additional support.

Black's pressure on c3 and d4 compels White to play 8.

"The international pressure has compelled them to instruct the terrorists to lie low until such time as temperatures cool," he said.

But if economic and military pressures compel him to cooperate fully, the U.N. should be prepared to lift the sanctions.

The economic pressures of a growing business may compel MP3.com to distance itself further from its underground roots, industry analysts say.